Julia Edelweiss

“George said:
"You know we are on the wrong track altogether. We must not think of things we could do with, but only of the things that we can't do without." (Chapter III)”
― Jerome K. Jerome, Three Men in a Boat

“I daresay that was only river water, if we had known. But we did not know, so it was alright. What the eye does not see, the stomach does not get upset over. (Chapter XII)”
― Jerome K. Jerome, Three Men in a Boat

“...they cursed us - not with a common cursory curse, but with long, carefully-thought-out, comprehensive curses, that embraced the whole of our career, and went away into the distant future, and included all our relations, and covered everything connected with us - good, substantial curses.”
― 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