And be grateful. Our scars have the power to remind us that the past was real.

Being smart spoils a lot of things, doesn't it?

And your dinner for the orchestra officials." "Haven't you ever had people coming over and no time to shop? You have to make do with what's in the fridge, Clarice. May I call you Clarice?

What he has in addition is pure empathy and projection,” Dr. Bloom said. “He can assume your point of view, or mine – and maybe some other points of view that scare and sicken him. It’s an uncomfortable gift, Jack. Perception’s a tool that’s pointed on both ends.

Writing novels is the hardest thing I've ever done, including digging irrigation ditches.

Lecter is so lucid, so perceptive; he's trained in psychiatry... and he's a mass murderer.

I'll confess it is pleasant to look at you asleep. You're quite beautiful, Clarice.