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.

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.

I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti

He was numb except for dreading the loss of numbness.

I'm giving serious thought into eating yor wife” - Hannibal Lecter

I am the dragon, and you call me insane.

Back at his chair he cannot remember what he was reading. He feels the books beside him to find the one that is warm.