Julia Edelweiss

“Felix extracted entertainment from all things, and all his faculties - his imagination, his intelligence, his affections, his senses - had a hand in the game. (Chapter 4)”
― Henry James, The Europeans

“If I am guilty," said the Earl, "may this bread choke me when I eat it!"
Then he put the bread into his mouth and swallowed it, and it choked him, and he died. (Chapter XII)”
― Jerome K. Jerome, Three Men in a Boat

“No, what was said in his case was that he, who didn't care for carved oak, should have his drawing-room panelled with it, while people who do care for it have to pay enormous prices to get it. It seems to be the rule of this world. Each person has what he doesn't want, and other people has what he does want. (Chapter VI)”
― Jerome K. Jerome, Three Men in a Boat

“Will it be the same in the future? Will the prized treasures of today be the cheap trifles of the day before? (Chapter VI)”
― Jerome K. Jerome, Three Men in a Boat