I brought Bella back from death, and now you've returned her to it. Is that where you're taking me, Jack?
[Jack beats Hannibal to a pulp, and appears ready to kill him]
How will you feel when I'm gone?
Alive.
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You had him, Jack. He was beaten. Why didn't you kill him?
Maybe I need you to.
Hands are how we touch the world. They're tactile. Remove a patient's arm and he will still feel phantom digits. Imagine how Dr. Lecter will feel when he watches you nibble on his fingers.
Oh, poetry, Cordell, poetry!
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.
What do you want?
I want to cage him.
I thought that Will Graham was Hannibal's biggest mistake. I wonder if it isn't you.
[upon reuniting with Will] If I saw you every day, forever, Will, I would remember this time.
Strange seeing you here in front of me. Been staring at afterimages of you in places you haven't been in years.
Where does the difference between the past and the future come from?
Mine? Before you and after you.
How is Chiyoh?
She pushed me off a train.
Atta girl.
[to Hannibal] You and I have begun to blur.
Freeing yourself from me and me freeing myself from you, they're the same.
We're conjoined. I'm curious whether either of us can survive separation.
[about killing him] Would you have done it quickly, or would you have stopped to gloat?
Does God gloat?
Often.
[to a captured Will and Hannibal] Gentlemen, welcome to Muskrat Farms.
Play with your food, Mason, you give it the opportunity to bite back.
Have they told you the drill yet? The drill is, in a few hours I'll come down here and remove all you've got below the elbows and knees. I'll keep you going with IVs and tourniquets until the very last. [smiles] Some things are best saved for last. Once you're dead, I'll prepare your loins and ribs, aged.
Meats are aged not only for tenderness, but also for flavor.
And flavors change. Every day, I'll feed Mason some new part of you. Don't worry, doctor. You will always be cooked to perfection.
MVMargot Verger
I'm taking what you promised me, and I've got everything I need from you now.
You can't kill me, Margot. You'll lose everything. In the absence of an heir, the sole beneficiary is the Southern Baptist Church.
MVMargot Verger
But there is going to be an heir, Mason. A Verger baby. Yours, mine... mostly yours.
You know what happens if we stimulate your prostate with a cattle prod? Hannibal does. He helped us milk you.
You're dead, Dr. Bloom!
Oh, Mason. We all are. Didn't you know that? [holds up a vial of his sperm] But these aren't.
Will you go home? Can you go home?
No more than you can.
Will you watch over me?
I will. Not in a cage. Some beasts shouldn't be caged.
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