Quotes About Tension

Henry draws the sidearm from his CO belt and aims it at Henry.

I raise the weapon. We lock eyes. We understand each other. ´If it had to be anybody,´ he says, ´I´m glad it was you.´ I nod and fire the gun.

from quivering as the lights hit me, and the car rolled

Storm is getting nowhere." "She might be putting some of them to sleep." "Uh-oh, Schmerkel is screaming again.

It looked like this: "You must be Rafe and Mrs. Khatchadorian," she said. "Yes," Mom said, sounding more annoyed by the second. "And you are?" When the lady reached over and shook Mom's hand, I'm pretty sure I heard some knuckles crunching. "Vice Principal Charlotte P. Stonecase

Using words to de-escalate a situation is always ideal. No cop wants a physical altercation.

roadway. We didn't stop at the house, but instead rounded the corner and stopped a block away. Stepping out and

Yes, Stevie Kosgrov makes my new home a living hell.

of," I said. "There's more, Alex." Normally Joan was pretty matter-of-fact, even at the roughest scenes, but there was a tightness in her voice

Gautier was possibly dead, probably dead. I ran as I shouted, "Take

Doors slammed. Tires smoked. A pistol came out the

heads—and since cops

I slid the Glock nine millimeter out of my shoulder holster. Light. Efficient. Semiautomatic. Twelve deadly shots. My teeth were gritted so tight they hurt. I clicked off the safety. I

dark, arms pumping, stumbling

TWENTY-TWO HOURS AND FORTY-NINE MINUTES LATER (NOT THAT I WAS COUNTING OR ANYTHING)

had delivered her, on a dark and stormy night

Well, well," Miller said. "Look who it is." He pulled me up and slammed my back into the wall. Then he got right up in my face. I could see the Cheetos in his teeth.

I associate my motion picture career more with being unhappy and scared, or being under the gun, than with anything pleasant.

My character in 'La Haine,' he's not bad; he's unhappy, and usually, people are like that. Most of us are angry.

When you're unhappy, you tend to play up, don't you?

A brother who is unhappy is a dangerous relative to have.

I've worked on sets that were unhappy.

The only way you can write about a happy family in a drama is to make them unhappy.

The whole thing was done for internal political reasons to galvanize and unify the country against the Americans, and if they hadn't had that immediate opportunity they would have found another one.