It's hard... to shake off something that's already under your skin.

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

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.

… It is not healing to see your childhood home, but it helps you measure whether you are broken, and how and why, assuming you want to know.

It's hard to have anything isn't it? Rare to get it, hard to keep it. This is a damn slippery planet.

Whenever feasible, one should always try to eat the rude.

Nothing made me happen. I happened.