Standoff Quotes

“The ninth Earl of Ellesmere had his chin thrust out as far as it would go, but the defiant look in his eye was tempered with a certain doubt as he intercepted Jamie’s cold blue gaze. Jamie set the horse’s hoof down slowly, just as slowly stood up, and drawing himself to his full height of six feet four, put his hands on his hips, looked down at the Earl, three feet six, and said, very softly, “No.”
― Diana Gabaldon, Voyager

“The ninth Earl of Ellesmere had his chin thrust out as far as it would go, but the defiant look in his eye was tempered with a certain doubt as he intercepted Jamie’s cold blue gaze. Jamie set the horse’s hoof down slowly, just as slowly stood up, and drawing himself to his full height of six feet four, put his hands on his , looked down at the Earl, three feet six, and said, very softly, “No.”
― Diana Gabaldon, Voyager

“He gave me a crooked smile. God, he could charm me even when I wanted to throttle him. "Life is short. It's your decision how you deal with this. Let's forgive, forget, and move on."
That comment doused the charm. "Why is it that when a man screws up, they always pull out the forgive and forget card? And you're right, it is my decision how I deal with this. But it was your decision that got us here in the first place! Yes, life is short. Too short to deal with BS like this."
"Nothing is going on." He threw his hands in the air. "I don't even remember that woman's name. I was sitting at the bar and she sat next to me. We shot the breeze for a few minutes. She had foam on her lip and I wiped it off. That's it."
"Well, maybe I want to wipe some foam off of some hot tourist's lip and shoot the breeze."
"You better not!" His jaw clenched.
Typical double standard.”
― Kate Young, Southern Sass and a Crispy Corpse

“Oh, is that left over from Shine? I do hope we won't have to eat the food you served to a convicted murderer," Whitney says, clutching her pearls.
"He was a triple murderer and he ordered fried chicken," I say. Whitney and her Gang of Idiots are actually taken aback.
"Even for you, Queenie Wake, that's low," Piggy Peggy says, looking from Whitney to me. Yes, Peggy, you delivered your line perfectly.
"You'd know," I say, stepping forward. She flinches.”
― Liza Palmer, Nowhere But Home

“Sunrise Standoff by Stewart Stafford

The grey men of dawn,
Sniffed the air on the hill,
Grunted at me to rejoin them,
I remained where I was.

Sunrise lit ashen shapes,
The standoff continued,
An eyeless search started,
Their clawing reached me.

I refused to go with them,
So they roared in my face,
Then disappeared downhill,
Leaving me in torn freedom.

© Stewart Stafford, 2023. All rights reserved”
― Stewart Stafford

“You sound like my mother."
"Be careful I don't spank you."
Unwelcome heat touches my thighs, and I shift my weight to keep from clenching them. "Try. It.”
― Kristen Callihan, Dear Enemy