Intense fear comes in waves; the body can't stand it for long at a time. — Thomas Harris Copy Share Image
Hannibal Lecter: We live in a primitive time - don't we, Will? - neither savage nor wise. Half measures are the curse… — Thomas Harris Copy Share Image
“We assign a moment to decision, to dignify the process as a timely result of rational and conscious thought. But decisions are… — Thomas Harris Copy Share Image
And your dinner for the orchestra officials." "Haven't you ever had people coming over and no time to shop? You have to… — Thomas Harris Copy Share Image
“If you spend time in a mental hospital you pick up the drill. You could pass as an orderly, get a job… — Thomas Harris Copy Share Image
“Almost every place has a moment of the day, an angle and intensity of light, in which it looks its best. When… — Thomas Harris Copy Share Image
“Every person is worth your time, Hannibal. If at first appearance a person seems dull, then look harder, look into him.” — Thomas Harris Copy Share Image
“He’s a monster. I think of him as one of those pitiful things that are born in hospitals from time to time.… — Thomas Harris Copy Share Image
What do you look at while you’re making up your mind? Ours is not a reflective culture, we do no raise our… — Thomas Harris Copy Share Image
“With Reba, his only living woman, held with her in this one bubbleskin of time, he felt for the first time that… — Thomas Harris Copy Share Image
“He watched her in the aisles: Molly, his pretty baseball wife, with her ceaseless vigilance for lumps, her insistence on quarterly medical… — Thomas Harris Copy Share Image
“It occurred to Dr. Lecter in the moment that with all his knowledge and intrusion, he could never entirely predict her, or… — Thomas Harris Copy Share Image
It occurred to Dr. Lecter in the moment that with all his knowledge and intrusion, he could never entirely predict her, or… — Thomas Harris Copy Share Image
“He liked the Leedses. He was sorry that he had been to the morgue. He thought the madman who visited them might have liked… — Thomas Harris Copy Share
On a related subject, Signore Pazzi, I must confess to you: I'm giving serious thought to eating your wife. — Thomas Harris Copy Share
“[T]here is no consensus in the psychiatric community that Dr. Lecter should be termed a man. He has long been regarded by his professional… — Thomas Harris Copy Share
“And then, the last words Raspail ever said: 'I wonder why my parents didn't kill me before I was old enough to fool them.'… — Thomas Harris Copy Share
One can only see what one observes, and one observes only things which are already in the mind. — Thomas Harris Copy Share
“She found Starling in the warm laundry room, dozing against the slow rump-rump of a washing machine in the smell of bleach and soap… — Thomas Harris Copy Share
He moves smoothly and slowly, carrying his concentration like a brimming cup. — Thomas Harris Copy Share
“The emperor counsels simplicity. First principles. Of each particular thing, ask: What is it in itself, in its own constitution? What is its causal… — Thomas Harris Copy Share
What do you look at while you’re making up your mind? Ours is not a reflective culture, we do no raise our eyes up… — Thomas Harris Copy Share
“I have no plans to call on you, Clarice, the world being more interesting with you in it.” — Thomas Harris Copy Share
“To write a novel, you begin with what you can see and then you add what came before and what came after.” — Thomas Harris Copy Share
“Every person is worth your time, Hannibal. If at first appearance a person seems dull, then look harder, look into him.” — Thomas Harris Copy Share
What he has in addition is pure empathy and projection,” Dr. Bloom said. “He can assume your point of view, or mine – and… — Thomas Harris Copy Share
