Samantha

“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.”
― Thomas Harris, Hannibal

“A murder house is ugly to the neighbors, like the face of someone who betrayed them. Only outsiders and children stare.”
― Thomas Harris, Red Dragon

“And the study?” “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, The Silence of the Lambs

“The world will not be this way within the reach of my arm.”
― Thomas Harris, Hannibal