Whales on Stilts Quotes

“There are times when friendship feels like running down a hill together as fast as you can, jumping over things, spinning around, and you don't care where you're going, and you don't care where you've come from, because all that matters is speed, and the hands holding your hands.”
― M.T. Anderson, Whales on Stilts: M. T. Anderson's Thrilling Tales

“Lily told her about what had happened so far. (If you're interested, you can go back to the beginning of the book and read all the way through to this point again.)”
― M.T. Anderson, Whales on Stilts: M. T. Anderson's Thrilling Tales

“You know who you should ask about this? My pal Ray, who works with me. He could tell you all about this." Lily's dad nodded. "Except he was taken out of the office a few days ago with his hands tied behind his back and a bandanna tied as a gag on his mouth." Her father thought for a second. "Huh. He hasn't been in to work since. I wonder if he has the flu.”
― M.T. Anderson, Whales on Stilts: M. T. Anderson's Thrilling Tales

“Katie cleared her throat again. Then she looked into the window at her gums. She said, "To change the subject, do you think I could tell if I had gingivitis?”
― M.T. Anderson, Whales on Stilts

“Jasper!’ said Katie. ‘Your machine was supposed to be making duplicate copies of all of the things that were photocopied during the week!’
Yes indeed. And so it did.’ He flung open a panel. ‘All ingeniously copied and transcribed onto one convenient wax roll, quite easily carried between the three of us.’ He hefted one end of the wax roll; it was as big as a carpet. ‘Come along. It’s a mere two hundred and twenty pounds. Try to keep one hand free for making fists. We may have to bash our way out of here.”
― M.T. Anderson, Whales on Stilts

“Hold on to your hats, ladies!’ cried Jasper Dash. ‘You’re in for a wild ride! This futuristic buggy can attain speeds of up to thirty-five miles per hour!”
― M.T. Anderson, Whales on Stilts

“The whales," explained Katie, "are going to invade."

"Can I tell you a story, girls?" The police officer leaned back and rested his heels on his computer keyboard. He said patiently, "In the nineteen-sixties there was something called the British Invasion. But no British people really invaded us. It was called an invasion, but all that happened was a lot of British bands sold a lot of records in the United States."

"So you're saying," said Katie, "that really these whales are just going to release a lot of hit singles."

"Don't get fresh," said the police officer. "I'm saying that just because there was something called the British Invasion doesn't mean you should be afraid of British people. See what I mean? The British have never invaded America."

Lily mumbled, "What about the War of 1812?"

"What about it?"

"They burned down Washington D.C.”
― M.T. Anderson, Whales on Stilts

“Cars were stopped in the middle of roads so people could run into discount clothing stores.”
― M.T. Anderson, Whales on Stilts!

“Oh, I don’t know about you, but I really hate chase scenes. It’s all just chase, chase, chase, up the staircase, down the staircase, bang, bang, bang, “over this way,” “No—that way,” under the desk, over the chair, and you know that either they’re going to get caught, or they’re not. So why prolong the agony? I’ll just flat out tell you. They made it to an old laundry chute.”
― M.T. Anderson, Whales on Stilts