Hannibal Lecter quotes from Hannibal

Hannibal Lecter

[about Will] What he has is pure empathy. He can assume your point of view, or mine — and maybe some other points of view that scare him. It’s an uncomfortable gift, Jack. Perception’s a tool that’s pointed on both ends.

Hannibal Lecter

Passion’s good. Gets the blood pumping.

Hannibal Lecter

Words are living things. They have personality, point of view, agenda.

Hannibal Lecter

Before we begin, you must all be warned. Nothing here is vegetarian. Bon appetit.

Hannibal Lecter

If God is looking down at you, don't you want to be looking back at Him?

Hannibal Lecter

With all my knowledge and intuition I could never entirely predict you. I can feed the caterpillar, I can whisper through the chrysalis, but what hatches follows its own nature and is beyond me.

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Must I denounce myself as a monster while you still refuse to see the one growing inside you?

Hannibal Lecter

Memory gives moments immortality, but forgetfulness promotes a healthy mind.

Hannibal Lecter

Therapy only works when we have a genuine desire to know ourselves as we are. Not as we would like to be.

Hannibal Lecter

Typhoid and swans. It all comes from the same place.

Hannibal Lecter

[to Will] Tell me, did your heart race when you murdered her?

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[to Carlo] I take it Mateo didn't make it? Did he foul himself? He must smell worse than you do right now.

Hannibal Lecter

When the fox hears the rabbit scream, he comes running. But not to help.

Hannibal Lecter

It's hard to see, but here's where the Archbishop bit him. Eyes wild as he choked, the Archbishop sank his teeth into Pazzi's flesh. On a related subject, I've been giving very serious thought to doing the same. [attacks Pazzi]

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[in a letter to Will] Dear Will, we have all found new lives, but our old lives hover in the shadows. Soon enough, I fear Jack Crawford will come knocking. I would encourage you as a friend not to walk through the door he holds open. It's dark on the other side, and madness is waiting.