All Thomas Harris Quotes
- How seldom we recognize the sound when the bolt of our fate slides home. Bolt
- Lecter is so lucid, so perceptive; he's trained in psychiatry... and he's a mass murderer. Inspirational
- It rubs the lotion on its skin. It does this whenever it is told. Doe
- You would think such a day would tremble to begin . . . Begin
- It's fear, Jack. The man deals with a huge amount of fear.' Because he got hurt?' No, not entirely. Fear comes with imagination, it's a… Amount
- The advantage of beating a mute is he can't tell on you. Advantage
- Did you ever think, Clarice, why the Philistines don't understand you? It's because you are the answer to Samson's riddle. You are the honey in… Answer
- We can only learn so much and live. Funny
- Nothing made me happen. I happened. Funny
- Over this odd world, this half the world that's dark now, I have to hunt a thing that lives on tears. Dark
- There is a common emotion we all recognize and have not yet named -- the happy anticipation of being able to feel contempt. Able
- It occured to Starling how much Roden would benefit from an elbow smash in the hinge of his jaw. Benefit
- 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… Ate
- I'm giving serious thought into eating yor wife†- Hannibal Lecter Eating
- On a related subject, Signore Pazzi, I must confess to you: I'm giving serious thought to eating your wife. Confess
- I am the dragon, and you call me insane. Call
- The very air had screams smeared on it. He flinched from the noise in this silent room. Air
- Back at his chair he cannot remember what he was reading. He feels the books beside him to find the one that is warm. Beside
- And your dinner for the orchestra officials." "Haven't you ever had people coming over and no time to shop? You have to make do with… Call
- … It is not healing to see your childhood home, but it helps you measure whether you are broken, and how and why, assuming you… Assuming