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"Actually, orcas aren't quite as complex as scientists imagine. Most killer whales are just four tons of doofus dressed up like a police car."
— Christopher Moore (Fluke: Or, I Know Why the Winged Whale Sings)
— Christopher Moore (Fluke: Or, I Know Why the Winged Whale Sings)
"[Author's Notes] As I write this, September 2002, much about the humpback song is still unknown. (Although scientists do know that it tends to be found in the New Age music section, as well as in tropical waters...)"
— Christopher Moore
— Christopher Moore
"[Acknowledgments] I recommend them all for further reading, but when you're finished, you may have to read several of my books and watch a lot of TV just to get stupid enough to function in the modern world again."
— Christopher Moore (Fluke: Or, I Know Why the Winged Whale Sings)
— Christopher Moore (Fluke: Or, I Know Why the Winged Whale Sings)
"She glanced over her shoulder to look at the forty-foot cabin cruiser where Captain Tarwater posed on the bow looking like an advertisement for a particularly rigid laundry detergent - Bumstick Go-Be-Bright, perhaps"
— Christopher Moore (Fluke: Or, I Know Why the Winged Whale Sings)
— Christopher Moore (Fluke: Or, I Know Why the Winged Whale Sings)
""Ooo ahe-e, I aya oa a," she said in yawnspeak, a language - not unlike Hawaiian - known for its paucity of consonants."
— Christopher Moore (Fluke: Or, I Know Why the Winged Whale Sings)
— Christopher Moore (Fluke: Or, I Know Why the Winged Whale Sings)
"The next day the weather was blown out, with whitecaps frosting the entire channel across to Lanai and the coconut palms whipping overhead like epileptic dust mops."
— Christopher Moore (Fluke: Or, I Know Why the Winged Whale Sings)
— Christopher Moore (Fluke: Or, I Know Why the Winged Whale Sings)
"[Conservation] Barring that, just yell at people randomly to stop killing whales. It could catch on. Really.
("Would you like fries with that?"
"Shut up and stop killing whales!"
"Thank you. Drive through, please.")"
— Christopher Moore
("Would you like fries with that?"
"Shut up and stop killing whales!"
"Thank you. Drive through, please.")"
— Christopher Moore
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