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Thomas Harris Quotes: "And be grateful. Our scars have the power to remind us that the past was real."

And be grateful. Our scars have the power to remind us that the past was real.



Thomas Harris Quotes: "Human emotions are a gift from our animal ancestors. Cruelty is a gift humanity has given itself."

Human emotions are a gift from our animal ancestors. Cruelty is a gift humanity has given itself.




Thomas Harris Quotes: "I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti"

I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti



Thomas Harris Quotes: "You will not persuade me with appeals to my intellectual vanity."

You will not persuade me with appeals to my intellectual vanity.




Thomas Harris Quotes: "Whenever feasible, one should always try to eat the rude."

Whenever feasible, one should always try to eat the rude.



Thomas Harris Quotes: "You must understand that when you are writing a novel you are not making anything up. It's all there and you just have to find it."

You must understand that when you are writing a novel you are not making anything up. It's all there and you just have to find it.



Thomas Harris Quotes: "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."

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.




Thomas Harris Quotes: "The tragedy is not to die, but to be wasted."

The tragedy is not to die, but to be wasted.



Thomas Harris Quotes: "I'm giving serious thought into eating yor wife” - Hannibal Lecter"

I'm giving serious thought into eating yor wife” - Hannibal Lecter



Thomas Harris Quotes: "When the Fox hears the Rabbit scream he comes a-runnin', but not to help."

When the Fox hears the Rabbit scream he comes a-runnin', but not to help.



Thomas Harris Quotes: "It rubs the lotion on its skin. It does this whenever it is told."

It rubs the lotion on its skin. It does this whenever it is told.



Thomas Harris Quotes: "How seldom we recognize the sound when the bolt of our fate slides home."

How seldom we recognize the sound when the bolt of our fate slides home.




Thomas Harris Quotes: "Nothing made me happen. I happened."

Nothing made me happen. I happened.



Thomas Harris Quotes: "Being smart spoils a lot of things, doesn't it?"

Being smart spoils a lot of things, doesn't it?



Thomas Harris Quotes: "We can only learn so much and live."

We can only learn so much and live.



Thomas Harris Quotes: "Over this odd world, this half the world that's dark now, I have to hunt a thing that lives on tears."

Over this odd world, this half the world that's dark now, I have to hunt a thing that lives on tears.



Thomas Harris Quotes: "It's hard... to shake off something that's already under your skin."

It's hard... to shake off something that's already under your skin.



Thomas Harris Quotes: "Typhoid and swans - it all comes from the same place."

Typhoid and swans - it all comes from the same place.



Thomas Harris Quotes: "One can only see what one observes, and one observes only things which are already in the mind."

One can only see what one observes, and one observes only things which are already in the mind.



Thomas Harris Quotes: "Fear comes with imagination, it’s a penalty, it’s the price of imagination."

Fear comes with imagination, it’s a penalty, it’s the price of imagination.



Thomas Harris Quotes: "Hannibal Lecter: We live in a primitive time - don't we, Will? - neither savage nor wise. Half measures are the curse of it. Any rational society would either kill me or give me my books."

Hannibal Lecter: We live in a primitive time - don't we, Will? - neither savage nor wise. Half measures are the curse of it. Any rational society would either kill me or give me my books.



Thomas Harris Quotes: "He sees very clearly - he damn sure sees through me. It's hard to accept that someone can understand you without wishing you well. At Starling's age it hadn't happened to her much."

He sees very clearly - he damn sure sees through me. It's hard to accept that someone can understand you without wishing you well. At Starling's age it hadn't happened to her much.



Thomas Harris Quotes: "It's hard to have anything isn't it? Rare to get it, hard to keep it. This is a damn slippery planet."

It's hard to have anything isn't it? Rare to get it, hard to keep it. This is a damn slippery planet.



Thomas Harris Quotes: "Problem-solving is hunting; it is savage pleasure and we are born to it."

Problem-solving is hunting; it is savage pleasure and we are born to it.



Thomas Harris Quotes: "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 the lion."

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 the lion.



Thomas Harris Quotes: "In making friends, she was wary of people who foster dependency and feed on it. She had been involved with a few--the blind attract them, and they are the enemy."

In making friends, she was wary of people who foster dependency and feed on it. She had been involved with a few--the blind attract them, and they are the enemy.



Thomas Harris Quotes: "Nothing makes us more vulnerable than loneliness except greed."

Nothing makes us more vulnerable than loneliness except greed.



Thomas Harris Quotes: "Writing novels is the hardest thing I've ever done, including digging irrigation ditches."

Writing novels is the hardest thing I've ever done, including digging irrigation ditches.



Thomas Harris Quotes: "The worm that destroys you is the temptation to agree with your critics, to get their approval."

The worm that destroys you is the temptation to agree with your critics, to get their approval.



Thomas Harris Quotes: "Back at his chair he cannot remember what he was reading. He feels the books beside him to find the one that is warm."

Back at his chair he cannot remember what he was reading. He feels the books beside him to find the one that is warm.



Thomas Harris Quotes: "You know how cats do. They hide to die. Dogs come home."

You know how cats do. They hide to die. Dogs come home.



Thomas Harris Quotes: "What does he do, Clarice? What is the first and principal thing he does, what need does he serve by killing? He covets. How do we begin to covet? We begin by coveting what we see every day."

What does he do, Clarice? What is the first and principal thing he does, what need does he serve by killing? He covets. How do we begin to covet? We begin by coveting what we see every day.



Thomas Harris Quotes: "Shiloh isn’t haunted – men are haunted. Shiloh doesn’t care."

Shiloh isn’t haunted – men are haunted. Shiloh doesn’t care.



Thomas Harris Quotes: "He was numb except for dreading the loss of numbness."

He was numb except for dreading the loss of numbness.



Thomas Harris Quotes: "The very air had screams smeared on it. He flinched from the noise in this silent room."

The very air had screams smeared on it. He flinched from the noise in this silent room.



Thomas Harris Quotes: "… It is not healing to see your childhood home, but it helps you measure whether you are broken, and how and why, assuming you want to know."

… It is not healing to see your childhood home, but it helps you measure whether you are broken, and how and why, assuming you want to know.



Thomas Harris Quotes: "But the face on the pillow, rosy in the firelight, is certainly that of Clarice Starling, and she sleeps deeply, sweetly, in the silence of the lambs."

But the face on the pillow, rosy in the firelight, is certainly that of Clarice Starling, and she sleeps deeply, sweetly, in the silence of the lambs.



Thomas Harris Quotes: "The most stable elements, Clarice, appear in the middle of the periodic table, roughly between iron and silver. Between iron and silver. I think that is appropriate for you."

The most stable elements, Clarice, appear in the middle of the periodic table, roughly between iron and silver. Between iron and silver. I think that is appropriate for you.



Thomas Harris Quotes: "Life's too slippery for books, Clarice; anger appears as lust, lupus presents as hives."

Life's too slippery for books, Clarice; anger appears as lust, lupus presents as hives.



Thomas Harris Quotes: "Hannibal at eighteen was rooting for Mephistopheles and contemptuous of Faust, but he only half-listened to the climax. He was watching and breathing Lady Murasaki..."

Hannibal at eighteen was rooting for Mephistopheles and contemptuous of Faust, but he only half-listened to the climax. He was watching and breathing Lady Murasaki...



Thomas Harris Quotes: "We routinely leave our small children in day care among strangers. At the same time, in our guilt we evince paranoia about strangers and foster fear in children."

We routinely leave our small children in day care among strangers. At the same time, in our guilt we evince paranoia about strangers and foster fear in children.



Thomas Harris Quotes: "It occured to Starling how much Roden would benefit from an elbow smash in the hinge of his jaw."

It occured to Starling how much Roden would benefit from an elbow smash in the hinge of his jaw.



Thomas Harris Quotes: "God's creatures who cried themselves to sleep stirred to cry again."

God's creatures who cried themselves to sleep stirred to cry again.



Thomas Harris Quotes: "The advantage of beating a mute is he can't tell on you."

The advantage of beating a mute is he can't tell on you.



Thomas Harris Quotes: "He moves smoothly and slowly, carrying his concentration like a brimming cup."

He moves smoothly and slowly, carrying his concentration like a brimming cup.



Thomas Harris Quotes: "There is no murder. We make murder, and it matters only to us."

There is no murder. We make murder, and it matters only to us.



Thomas Harris Quotes: "Ready when you are, Sergeant Pempbry."

Ready when you are, Sergeant Pempbry.



Thomas Harris Quotes: "You cant reduce me to a set of influences."

You cant reduce me to a set of influences.



Thomas Harris Quotes: "I would not have had that happen to you. Discourtesy is unspeakably ugly to me."

I would not have had that happen to you. Discourtesy is unspeakably ugly to me.