Status Updates From The Silence of the Lambs (...

"inattention can be a stratagem to avoid pain, and that it is often misread as shallowness and indifference,"

"When her pupils darkened, Dr Lecter took a single sip of her pain and found it exquisite. That was enough for today. He went on,"

"A lock of Dr Lecter's hair fell between his maroon eyes. He was as pale as the mask. Senator Martin and Hannibal Lecter considered each other, one extremely bright and the other not measurable by any means known to man."

"a middle-aged man can be so desperate for wisdom he may try to make some up, and how deadly that can be to a youngster who believes him. So he spoke carefully, and only of things he knew."

“‘She’s glorious, isn’t she? Remote and glorious. A winger sunset of a girl, that’s the way I think of her,’”

“She didn’t look at him. She didn’t want to match stares now. This was not a confrontation.”

“Silence can mock.”