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

On a related subject, Signore Pazzi, I must confess to you: I'm giving serious thought to eating your wife.

When the Fox hears the Rabbit scream he comes a-runnin', but not to help.

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

You must understand that when you are writing a novel you are not making anything up. It's all there and you just have to find it.

… 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.