Small Girl, Big Gun/Quotes

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"Japan: Please reconsider cartoon gun-toting big-eyed prepubescent blondes as your national heroes."

"You know, I can't think of nothing finer than a fine naked woman holding a gun."

—Frankie Figs in The Whole Nine Yards

There was a young woman named Plunnery
Who rejoiced in the practice of gunnery.
Till one day unobservant,
She blew up a servant,
And was forced to retire to a nunnery.

—Edward Gorey

That gun is bigger than you!

Mickey Smith to Jackie Tyler, scrapped line from Journey's End

The small girl smiles. One eyelid flickers.
She draws a pistol from her knickers.
She aims it at the creature's head,
And bang bang bang she shoots him dead.

Roald DahlLittle Red Riding Hood and the Wolf