“A murder house is ugly to the neighbors, like the face of someone who betrayed them. Only outsiders and children stare.”
― Red Dragon
― Red Dragon
“Do not say ‘Thanks.’” A fractional turn of his head was enough to dash his annoyance like a glass thrown into the fireplace. “I say what I mean,” Starling said. “Would you like it better if I said ‘I’m glad you find me so.’ That would be a little fancier, and equally true.” She raised her glass beneath her level prairie gaze, taking back nothing.”
― Hannibal
― Hannibal
“He was a person who agreed with everything his victim said before he killed him.”
― Hannibal
― Hannibal
“He came back to the car, long legs lifting high in the snow, and there was snow in his hair and on his eyelashes and I remembered that I love him. It felt like something breaking with a little pain and spilling warm.”
― Red Dragon
― Red Dragon
“Dolarhyde bore screams as a sculptor bears dust from the beaten stone.”
― Red Dragon
― Red Dragon
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