What does he do, Clarice? What is the first and principal thing he does, what need does he serve by killing? He covets. How do we begin to covet? We begin by coveting what we see every day.

The very air had screams smeared on it. He flinched from the noise in this silent room.

Over this odd world, this half the world that's dark now, I have to hunt a thing that lives on tears.

The most stable elements, Clarice, appear in the middle of the periodic table, roughly between iron and silver. Between iron and silver. I think that is appropriate for you.

The advantage of beating a mute is he can't tell on you.

One quality in a person doesn't rule out any other quality. They can exist side by side, good and terrible. Socrates said it a lot better.

Because it's his bad luck to be the best.