It occured to Starling how much Roden would benefit from an elbow smash in the hinge of his jaw.

I have no interest in understanding sheep, only eating them.

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

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

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

You will not persuade me with appeals to my intellectual vanity.

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

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.

A census taker tried to quantify me once. I ate his liver with some fava beans and a big Amarone. Go back to school, little Starling.

The tragedy is not to die, but to be wasted.

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

There are many books, but One holy book, the HOLY BIBLE.

Believe that you are not only beautiful, but you are amazing and wonderful.

And I’m not spying! I’m evaluating!”“It’s the same difference!

Then where is home, Johannes?" He looks at the maps on his wall. "I don't know, " He says. "Where comfort is. And that is hard to find.

I am a conservative, but I am not a zombie.

What is right to be done cannot be done too soon.

People don't come to Asheville very often, and they don't know I'm there. I enjoy it. I like it.

Being human, we can only receive infinite truth in finite doses

I've never believed it's really so important that you conform to the ways of the system in order to beat the system. I think that the system follows a great deal.

A lot of times characters are combinations of people I come across in life. I people-watch a lot.