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> [Spaces devoted to Hannibal Lecter’s earliest years differ from the other archives in being incomplete. Some are static scenes, fragmentary, like painted attic shards held together by blank plaster. Other rooms hold sound and motion, great snakes wrestling and heaving…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-harris/spaces-devoted-to-hannibal-lecter-s-earliest-years-differ-from-the/)

[Thomas Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-harris/)

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## More by Thomas Harris

> [“Don't think you can persuade me with appeals to my intellectual vanity.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-harris/don-t-think-you-can-persuade-me-with-appeals-to-my-intellectual-vanity/)

[Thomas Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-harris/)

> [“He liked the Leedses. He was sorry that he had been to the morgue. He thought the madman who visited them might have liked…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-harris/he-liked-the-leedses-he-was-sorry-that-he-had-been-to-the-morgue-he/)

[Thomas Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-harris/)

> [On a related subject, Signore Pazzi, I must confess to you: I'm giving serious thought to eating your wife.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-harris/on-a-related-subject-signore-pazzi-i-must-confess-to-you-i-m-giving/)

[Thomas Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-harris/)

> [ “\[T\]here is no consensus in the psychiatric community that Dr. Lecter should be termed a man. He has long been regarded by his professional… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-harris/t-here-is-no-consensus-in-the-psychiatric-community-that-dr-lecter/)

[Thomas Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-harris/)

> [“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.'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-harris/and-then-the-last-words-raspail-ever-said-i-wonder-why-my-parents/)

[Thomas Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-harris/)

> [One can only see what one observes, and one observes only things which are already in the mind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-harris/one-can-only-see-what-one-observes-and-one-observes-only-things-which/)

[Thomas Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-harris/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-harris/she-found-starling-in-the-warm-laundry-room-dozing-against-the-slow/)

[Thomas Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-harris/)

> [He moves smoothly and slowly, carrying his concentration like a brimming cup.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-harris/he-moves-smoothly-and-slowly-carrying-his-concentration-like-a/)

[Thomas Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-harris/)

> [God's creatures who cried themselves to sleep stirred to cry again.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-harris/god-s-creatures-who-cried-themselves-to-sleep-stirred-to-cry-again/)

[Thomas Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-harris/)

> [“The emperor counsels simplicity. First principles. Of each particular thing, ask: What is it in itself, in its own constitution? What is its causal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-harris/the-emperor-counsels-simplicity-first-principles-of-each-particular/)

[Thomas Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-harris/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-harris/what-do-you-look-at-while-you-re-making-up-your-mind-ours-is-not-a/)

[Thomas Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-harris/)

> [“I have no plans to call on you, Clarice, the world being more interesting with you in it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-harris/i-have-no-plans-to-call-on-you-clarice-the-world-being-more/)

[Thomas Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-harris/)

> [“To write a novel, you begin with what you can see and then you add what came before and what came after.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-harris/to-write-a-novel-you-begin-with-what-you-can-see-and-then-you-add/)

[Thomas Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-harris/)

> [“Every person is worth your time, Hannibal. If at first appearance a person seems dull, then look harder, look into him.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-harris/every-person-is-worth-your-time-hannibal-if-at-first-appearance-a/)

[Thomas Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-harris/)

> [What he has in addition is pure empathy and projection,” Dr. Bloom said. “He can assume your point of view, or mine – and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-harris/what-he-has-in-addition-is-pure-empathy-and-projection-dr-bloom-said/)

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