Caroline

“Phileas Fogg was not known to have either wife or children, which may happen to the most honest people; either relatives or near friends, which is certainly more unusual. He lived alone in his house in Saville Row, whither none penetrated.”
― Jules Verne, Around the World in Eighty Days

“Gentlemen," he said calmly, "there are two ways of dying in the circumstances in which we are placed." (This puzzling person had the air of a mathematical professor lecturing to his pupils.) "The first is to be crushed; the second is to die of suffocation. I do not speak of the possibility of dying of hunger, for the supply of provisions in the Nautilus will certainly last longer than we shall. Let us, then, calculate our chances.”
― Jules Verne, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

“One of my roommates was Citadelle Bliss Priagula. Filipinos straight up have the best names. Here's a fun formula for working out your Filipino name: Favorite type of candle + Favorite brand of body wash + Name of a dragon in Game of Thrones = your Filipino name. Mine is Citronella Dove Viserion.”
― Ali Wong, Dear Girls: Intimate Tales, Untold Secrets, & Advice for Living Your Best Life

“The house and all its problems had taken its toll on your mother and me. We could feel ourselves drifting apart a little more each day. The spark had gone out of our marriage, and we desperately needed to get it back. To do this, we decided to have a "date night", which is a polite way of saying we rented a room at the Two Pines with the intention of fucking like teenagers.”
― Riley Sager, Home Before Dark