But monotony doesn't make for painlessness.

Monotony reveals our limitations.

But it was better to know of it than to see it in its daily monotony.

От однообразия устаешь, даже если это счастье. («Дона Флор и два ее мужа», Жоржи Амаду)

The distinct feature of everything extant is its monotony.

It is almost possible to measure a writer's skill by the dexterity with which he repeats, and yet avoids monotony.

Could a literary life be referred to with the iambic pentameter of, say, harnessing wind power, transplanting hearts or saving the whales. Or did it necessitate the sombre and monotonous dirge of software, priority banking or turbine building.

The thoughts of a prisoner—they're not free either. They kept returning to the same things. A single idea keeps stirring. Would they feel that piece of bread in the mattress? Would he have any luck in the dispensary that evening? Would they out Buinovsky in the cells? And how did Tsezar get his hands on that warm vest?

It wasn't like there was some obvious change. Actually, the problem was more a lack of change. Nothing about her had changed - the way she spoke, her clothes, the topics she chose to talk about, her opinions - they were all the same as before. Their relationship was like a pendulum gradually grinding to a halt, and he felt out of synch.

In the monotony of everyday existence grief comes as a holiday, and a fire is an entertainment. A scratch embellishes an empty face.