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Famous Thomas Harris Quotes
“Nothing made me happen. I happened.”
Thomas Harris The Silence of the Lambs
Source: The Silence of the Lambs
“I expect most psychiatrists have a patient or two they'd like to refer to me.”
Thomas Harris The Silence of the Lambs
Source: The Silence of the Lambs
“I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti”
Thomas Harris The Silence of the Lambs
Source: The Silence of the Lambs
Thomas Harris Quotes about thinking
Thomas Harris Quotes about time
“If I saw you everyday forever, I would remember this time.”
Thomas Harris book Hannibal
Source: Hannibal
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“When the Fox hears the Rabbit scream he comes a-runnin', but not to help.”
Thomas Harris The Silence of the Lambs
Source: The Silence of the Lambs
“Being smart spoils a lot of things, doesn't it?”
Thomas Harris The Silence of the Lambs
Source: The Silence of the Lambs
Thomas Harris Quotes
“Nothing makes us more vulnerable than loneliness except greed.”
Thomas Harris The Silence of the Lambs
Source: The Silence of the Lambs
“He lives down in a ribcage in the dry leaves of a heart.”
Thomas Harris The Silence of the Lambs
Source: The Silence of the Lambs
“Problem-solving is hunting; it is savage pleasure and we are born to it.”
Thomas Harris The Silence of the Lambs
Source: The Silence of the Lambs
“I love myself that much and I will never apologize to you.”
Source: Hannibal Rising
“God's creatures who cried themselves to sleep stirred to cry again.”
Thomas Harris The Silence of the Lambs
Source: The Silence of the Lambs
“The advantage of beating a mute is he can't tell on you.”
Source: Hannibal Rising
“It rubs the lotion on its skin. It does this whenever it is told.”
Thomas Harris The Silence of the Lambs
Source: The Silence of the Lambs
“I would not have had that happen to you. Discourtesy is unspeakably ugly to me.”
Thomas Harris The Silence of the Lambs
Source: The Silence of the Lambs
“Life's too slippery for books, Clarice; anger appears as lust, lupus presents as hives.”
Thomas Harris The Silence of the Lambs
Source: The Silence of the Lambs
“Gratitude’s got a short half-life, Clarice.”
Thomas Harris The Silence of the Lambs
Source: The Silence of the Lambs
“I have no plans to call on you, Clarice, the world being more interesting with you in it.”
Thomas Harris The Silence of the Lambs
Source: The Silence of the Lambs
Thomas Harris book Hannibal
Variant: I think it's easy to mistake understanding for empathy - we want empathy so badly. Maybe learning to make that distinction is part of growing up. It's hard and ugly to know somebody can understand you without even liking you.
Source: Hannibal
Hannibal Lecter’s Creator Cooks Up Something New (No Fava Beans or Chianti) https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/18/books/thomas-harris-new-book.html (May 18, 2019)
