Addison Cooke and the Tomb of the Khan Quotes

“favorite word in the English language was “cornobble,” meaning “to slap with a fish.”
― Jonathan W. Stokes, Addison Cooke and the Tomb of the Khan

“Addison,” said I Don’t Know, squeezing his arm nervously in one of her silk-gloved hands, “you are one of the most unusual people I’ve ever met.”
― Jonathan W. Stokes, Addison Cooke and the Tomb of the Khan

“Eddie heaped a plate with hors d’oeuvres, appetizers, and amuse-bouches, and began shoveling them all into his mouth like an engineer piling coal into a steam engine. He did not find the Ulaanbaatar food exquisite. He thought the fish tasted like chicken and the chicken tasted like fish, but as long as he was getting both chicken and fish, he didn’t much mind the order in which the flavors arrived.”
― Jonathan W. Stokes, Addison Cooke and the Tomb of the Khan

“Boris decked the goat herder in the jaw and set to work trying to steal the man’s pants. The goat herder’s brothers joined the fray, fighting to keep the man’s pants on their rightful owner. A fierce tug-of-war ensued.”
― Jonathan W. Stokes, Addison Cooke and the Tomb of the Khan

“Eddie, you can sleep when you’re dead.”
― Jonathan W. Stokes, Addison Cooke and the Tomb of the Khan

“Is this safe?"

"Define 'safe," said Dax.

"Are we going to crash?"

"Kid, I'm not a psychic." Dax seemed to realize this was not the answer his paying passengers were hoping to hear from their pilot.”
― Jonathan W. Stokes, Addison Cooke and the Tomb of the Khan