Jonathan W. Stokes > 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

“Once again, Addison was struck by Ivan’s awful appearance. He looked like he had gotten his hair cut in an accident with a lawn mower. “You look like you got your hair cut in an accident with a lawn mower,” said Addison.”
― Jonathan W. Stokes, Addison Cooke and the Ring of Destiny

“Wilber, why do they call me a ferret?” Wilberforce pushed his foggy glasses higher on his narrow nose. “Because a ferret is a rabbit, you see.” “How,” asked Addison as patiently as he could, “is a ferret a rabbit?” “In cricket they’re much the same thing. A rabbit is someone who scores zero points. And in cricket, zero points is called a duck.” “So a ferret is a rabbit with a duck.”
― Jonathan W. Stokes, Addison Cooke and the Ring of Destiny

“In the seat of the Andes Mountains,
By the Río Olvidado, Lie the bones of the underworld That guard the key to silver and cheese.”
― Jonathan W. Stokes, Addison Cooke and the Treasure of the Incas

“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

“And if she finds out we wasted time sightseeing instead of helping her, she’ll kill us before the Collective has the chance.”
― Jonathan W. Stokes, Addison Cooke and the Ring of Destiny

“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

“Chapter Twenty-Eight The Crash ADDISON HAD SAT ON couches that were longer than Dax’s plane. The four-seat Cessna Skyhawk was a cramped ride even when you didn’t have a 150-pound Great Dane named Mr. Jacobsen on your lap. The wings were mounted awkwardly on top of the plane, instead of sprouting from the sides. Addison wasn’t sure if the plane was designed for flying or drying laundry. All in all, the Skyhawk had all the stylish sophistication of a garbage disposal, except with less pickup. Still, after the harrowing taxi ride to Ataturk Airport, Addison thought Dax’s airplane felt downright safe by comparison. Istanbul was already a pinprick in the distance when the plane reached cruising altitude,”
― Jonathan W. Stokes, Addison Cooke and the Ring of Destiny

“The quiet seaside village of Casa Azar had never encoun tered anything quite like Eddie Chang. For hundreds of years, the village had patiently endured monsoons, hurricanes, forest fires, and the occasional mudslide. But this was Casa Azar's first encounter with Eddie, and the town was wholly unprepared for the devastation that can be wrought by a panicking seventh grader at the wheel of a three-ton vehicle, on the run for his life.”
― Jonathan W. Stokes, Addison Cooke and the Treasure of the Incas

“KEEPING THEIR PROFILE AT limbo-champion lows, they trickled through the Paris streets, following Addison’s map toward the Templar Fortress. Despite hunger, cold, and fear, Addison couldn’t help but marvel at the beauty of the city. According to Mr. Fiddleton, Paris was one of the first cities to line its avenues with streetlamps, earning it the nickname the City of Light. With the holiday season in full bloom, there were even more lights than usual, glowing and blinking in every color. They strolled south on the Boulevard de Magenta, winding ever closer to the Seine, that fabled river that meandered through Paris’s heart and into”
― Jonathan W. Stokes, Addison Cooke and the Ring of Destiny

“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

“Tudors.”
― Jonathan W. Stokes, Addison Cooke and the Ring of Destiny

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

“mold,”
― Jonathan W. Stokes, Addison Cooke and the Ring of Destiny