Phyllis "Bella" Crawford and Hannibal Lecter in “Unfinished Business”

Suicide seems like a valid solution to my problem.

Hannibal Lecter

How does that make you feel?

Alive. How does it make you feel?

Hannibal Lecter

I've always found the idea of death comforting. The thought that my life could end at any moment frees me to fully appreciate the beauty, and art, and horror of everything this world has to offer.

A death benefit?

Hannibal Lecter

Upon taking his own life, Socrates offered a rooster to the god of healing, Asclepius, to pay his debt.

What debt might that be?

Hannibal Lecter

To Socrates, death was not a defeat but a cure.