“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
“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
“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.”
― The Silence of the Lambs
― The Silence of the Lambs
“The world will not be this way within the reach of my arm.”
― 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
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