Quotes About Standoff

Reacher's personal rule of thumb was never to revive a guy who had just pulled a gun on him. He was fairly inflexible on the matter.

Way to his left the backhoe rolled forward. The big slack tires gave and flexed. The three guys stood back-to, pressed up against the rear of the building. Rifles at port arms. Then the counterman rolled around the corner and inched along the end wall. He got to the next corner and took a cautious look. He raised his rifle.

The guy didn't move. He was five inches down in height, maybe thirty pounds in weight, maybe a whole foot in reach. Evidently unarmed, because otherwise his weapon would have been out and in his hand already. Evidently unsettled, too, by Reacher's gaze, which was steady, and calm, and slightly amused, but also undeniably predatory, and even a little unhinged. Not a good situation for the guy to be in.

They would almost throw the cops in jail when they tried to arrest me.

Horatius at the Bridge?

We both absently pulled handguns from our holsters and extended them outward.

We were eyeball-to-eyeball and the other fellow just blinked.

What happens when an irresistible force hits an immovable object?

Quando l'uomo con la pistola incontra l'uomo con la biro, l'uomo con la pistola è morto.

Stop it, or I will kill her, and you will lose your eyes and your ears here." And he drew his belt knife, and advancing to the serving woman, he laid the edge of it along her throat. The woman did not blanch or shrink away. She stood still, her eyes glittering, almost smirking at his threat. She made no response to his words.

Miles stood with his legs slightly apart, threw back his head, and stared up with equal force. The man seemed totally oblivious to Miles's collar tabs. Exasperated, Miles snapped, "Are all the keepers on vacation, or is anybody actually running this bloody zoo?

come between him and at least two of the gunmen, and for a moment she had brought to a halt whatever plans they had. Her red-gold hair blew in the

You killed Rice Wheeler, he said, the Panhandle gunman. He should have stayed in the Panhandle, I said.

there is no bargaining with a man who won't talk.

I put down the stack of pages and turned around to face him directly, just as he'd always taught me to do once I realized I was in for a fight.

When you show no willingness to compromise, then nothing ever happens.

Not unless he crossed the line.' Holly supposed she should let this go, but she was tired of Vera's bullying. 'Ah, that line . . .' Vera leaned back in her chair with her eyes half-closed. 'If only we knew exactly where it was.' There

Do you know what would happen to you if I had found you then? This—and a helluva lot more.

Their revolvers are drawn, but they won't fire. They're just here as backdrop. The fire department is here too, as are the ETMs, but there isn't much they can do either. They know the rules. This is clearly out of their scope, and these guys are out of their league. They're basically here for crowd control. Besides, have you ever seen an ETM jump into a pool of acid to rescue two costumed teenagers? Do you even know what those guys get paid?

Whoever tries to climb over our fence, we will try to climb over his house.

This is a gun," he said quietly, "and it's loaded. Move and I shoot. You're not allowed out of your seat, and neither is he.

Kicking a police car? Really?' Caleb shrugged. 'Car offended me. It was sitting right where I wanted to stand. What would you do?

Stoner lowered the gun to Carlos's crotch.) Should we continue splitting hairs? (Stoner)

Ik heb jullie gehoord, ja, en d'r is niks wat jullie daaraan kunnen doen.' Alyss leek even na te denken over wat hij gezegd had. Daarna zei ze, op droge toon: 'Nee, inderdaad. Afgezien van je vermoorden dan natuurlijk.