The worst of being a Communist is the parties you may go to are - well - awfully funny and touching but not very gay...I don't see the point of sad parties, do you? And Left-wing people are always sad because they mind dreadfully about their causes, and the causes are always going so badly.
Nancy MitfordOne's emotions are intensified in Parisโone can be more happy and also more unhappy here than in any other place. But it is always a positive source of joy to live here, and there is nobody so miserable as a Parisian in exile from his town.
Nancy MitfordGreece is not a country of happy mediums: everything there seems to be either wonderful or horrible.
Nancy MitfordAnd Left-wing people are always sad because they mind dreadfully about their causes, and the causes are always going so badly.
Nancy Mitford