"I'm living in a world of goldfish."
- Mycroft Holmes
"He'd failed them, the swimming goldfish of his life's tiny existence whom he held so dear in his heart; he'd turned his muses into mistakes and no one knew the difference but him."
- Luke Taylor
"Who's he seeing now then?""No idea. They're like funfair goldfish; no point giving them names, they never last that long."
- David Nicholls
"And this is how I come face to face with my selfishness, because I don't know if I can enjoy this goldfish without knowing that he loves me, or if not loves me, then at least depends on me, i.e., swim..."
- Amy Fusselman
"Frank couldn't breathe underwater.But where was he?Percy turned in a full circle. Nothing. Then he glanced up. Hovering above him was a giant goldfish. Frank had turned -clothes, backpack, and all- in..."
- Rick Riordan