Bedelia Du Maurier quotes from Hannibal

Bedelia Du Maurier

You spend a lot of time building walls, Hannibal. It's natural to see if someone is clever enough to climb over them.

Bedelia Du Maurier

It's nice when someone sees us, Hannibal. Or has the ability to see us. It requires trust. Trust is difficult for you.

Bedelia Du Maurier

You no longer have ethical concerns, Hannibal. Only aesthetical ones.

Bedelia Du Maurier

Extreme acts of cruelty require a high level of empathy. The next time you have an instinct to help someone, you might consider crushing them instead. It will save you a great deal of trouble.

Jack Crawford

You were attacked by a patient not too long ago. I read the report. I know that there was a statement given by Dr. Lecter.

Bedelia Du Maurier

The patient who attacked me was a former patient of Dr. Lecter.

Jack Crawford

And he was referred to you by Dr. Lecter?

Bedelia du Maurier

Yes.

Jack Crawford

And this patient almost killed you.

Bedelia du Maurier

He swallowed his tongue while he was attacking me. That's the only thing that saved my life.

Jack Crawford

Well, thank God for small favors.

Bedelia du Maurier

You have to maintain boundaries, Hannibal.

Hannibal Lecter

When the pressures of my personal and professional relationships with Will grow too great, I assure you I'll find a way to relieve them.

Hannibal Lecter

What exactly am I guilty of?

Bedelia Du Maurier

Exactly, I cannot say. I've had to draw a conclusion based on what I glimpsed through the stitching of the person suit that you wear. And the conclusion that I've drawn is that you are dangerous.

Will Graham

I don't know you.

Bedelia Du Maurier

My name is Bedelia Du Maurier.

Will Graham

You're Hannibal Lecter's therapist. [beat] What's that like?

Bedelia Du Maurier

It may be small comfort, but I am convinced Hannibal has done what he honestly believes is best for you.

Will Graham

Well, that isn't small comfort. That would be no comfort.

Bedelia Du Maurier

The traumatized are unpredictable because we know we can survive. You can survive this happening to you.

Will Graham

Happening to me?

Bedelia Du Maurier

[Walks up to the bars and whispers as the guards come to take her away] I believe you.

Bedelia Du Maurier

My husband has a sophisticated palate. He's very particular about how I taste.

[smiles] Is it that kind of party?

Hannibal Lecter

It's not that kind of party.

Bedelia Du Maurier

No, it really isn't.

A shame. You're both suddenly so fascinating.

Bedelia Du Maurier

Where will Will Graham be looking for you next?

Hannibal Lecter

Someplace I can never go: home.

Bedelia Du Maurier

Why can't you go home, Hannibal? What happened to you there?

Hannibal Lecter

Nothing happened to me. I happened.

Bedelia Du Maurier

There is only one way you can forgive Will Graham.

Hannibal Lecter

I have to eat him.

Bedelia Du Maurier

Were you there? Did you see the beast within him turn from the teat and out into the world?

I met the beast. I watched him grow.

Bedelia Du Maurier

What do you want?

I want to cage him.

Bedelia Du Maurier

I thought that Will Graham was Hannibal's biggest mistake. I wonder if it isn't you.

Will Graham

Is Hannibal in love with me?

Bedelia Du Maurier

Could he daily feel a stab of hunger for you, and find nourishment at the very sight of you? Yes. But do you ache for him?