The worm that destroys you is the temptation to agree with your critics, to get their approval.

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.

It's fear, Jack. The man deals with a huge amount of fear.' Because he got hurt?' No, not entirely. Fear comes with imagination, it's a penalty, it's the price of imagination.

Human emotions are a gift from our animal ancestors. Cruelty is a gift humanity has given itself.

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

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

Typhoid and swans - it all comes from the same place.