The advantage of beating a mute is he can't tell on you.
He sees very clearly - he damn sure sees through me. It's hard to accept that someone can understand you without wishing you well. At Starling's age it hadn't happened to her much.
I am the dragon, and you call me insane.
Life's too slippery for books, Clarice; anger appears as lust, lupus presents as hives.
I would not have had that happen to you. Discourtesy is unspeakably ugly to me.
Intense fear comes in waves; the body can't stand it for long at a time.