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> [I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-harris/i-ate-his-liver-with-some-fava-beans-and-a-nice-chianti/)

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

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> [A census taker tried to quantify me once. I ate his liver with some fava beans and a big Amarone. Go back to school, little Starling.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-harris/a-census-taker-tried-to-quantify-me-once-i-ate-his-liver-with-some/)

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

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## Other authors on Beans

## 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/)

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

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