"Tiny, but fierce."
— Sanya, The Dresden Files
Courage comes in all sizes.
— General Martok, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Small, swift and formidable, like a very angry vole
— Phorcyd-class Corvette description, Sunless Sea
It took two weeks of getting my ass whipped regularly by a five-foot-tall woman who could (and did) break every bone in my hand for calling her "little lady" before I even began to catch on.
—Vampire: The Masquerade - Clanbook: Lasombra
Dalek: Small female human detected.
Ace: Who are you callin' small?! (whips out charged baseball bat and clobbers Dalek into pieces)
There's a dwarfish saying: 'All trees are felled at ground-level' — although this is said to be an excessively bowdlerized translation for a saw which more literally means, 'When his hands are higher than your head, his groin is level with your teeth'.
— Terry Pratchett, Feet of Clay
[Liev] was smaller than most of the crew. She wondered how he exerted his authority - until she saw the shrewd glint in his eye, even now, that said here was the master of the unsporting kick and the kidney punch. She felt glad of the stunner now concealed in her palm.
"I may be just a pebble but... I'm the pebble that can shatter diamond!"
—Asta, Black Clover
"But Marge, that little guy hasn’t done anything yet. Look at him. He’s gonna do something and you know it’s gonna be good."
—Homer Simpson about to be proven correct on a small Yakuza member in a front lawn mob war, "The Twisted World of Marge Simpson"
Wolverine: So... You're doin' the dirty work for Magneto now, eh? You used to back-stab people for fun. What turned you into a rat for hire?
Sabretooth: I heard you'd gone soft. I was curious. I think maybe I heard right!
(Wolverine pops his claws)
Wolverine: Alright, you egg-suckin' piece of gutter trash! You always liked pushin' around people smaller than you! Well I'M smaller! TRY PUSHIN' ME!
Sabretooth: I heard you'd gone soft. I was curious. I think maybe I heard right!
(Wolverine pops his claws)
Wolverine: Alright, you egg-suckin' piece of gutter trash! You always liked pushin' around people smaller than you! Well I'M smaller! TRY PUSHIN' ME!
—X-Men: The Animated Series, "Deadly Reunions"
How can someone so small slap that hard?!
— The Nostalgia Critic after getting slapped by Gadget
Vegeta: Word of advice, freak: you're a little on the short side to try to be threatening.
Shadow: Funny. I was going to say the same thing about you.
Vegeta: ...you've just sealed your fate, fool.
Shadow: Funny. I was going to say the same thing about you.
Vegeta: ...you've just sealed your fate, fool.
