James Joyce. Ulysses (№ 436076)

An ordinary person, when the body really needs to be strengthened because of an insignificant couple of pounds, is deprived of the opportunity to see the world more widely. Each of them, having worked hard, damn it, for more than eleven months, deserved a complete change of scenery after the city meat grinder and, best of all, in the summer, when Mother Nature shines in all its glory.