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Thomas Harris Quotes

Thomas Harris quotes

American Author, Writer April 11, 1940

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Just before nightfall, Hannibal approached Lecter castle through the woods. As he looked at his home, his feelings remained curiously flat; it is not healing to see your childhood home, but it helps you measure whether you are broken, and how and why, assuming you want to know. Thomas Harris
... the washing machine's rhythm was like a giant heartbeat, and the rush of its waters was what the unborn hear- our last memory of peace. Thomas Harris
Thomas Harris quote: "The intimacy of the detail - why The Silence of the Lambs is..."
The intimacy of the detail - why The Silence of the Lambs is quite possibly the Thriller Writer's bible. Thomas Harris
Thomas Harris quote: "Back at his chair he cannot remember what he was reading. He..."
Back at his chair he cannot remember what he was reading. He feels the books beside him to find the one that is warm. Thomas Harris
One quality in a person doesn't rule out any other quality. They can exist side by side, good and terrible. Socrates said it a lot better. Thomas Harris
It is not healing to see your childhood home, but it helps you measure whether you are broken, and how and why, assuming you want to know. Thomas Harris
And your dinner for the orchestra officials."Haven't you ever had people coming over and no time to shop? You have to make do with what's in the fridge, Clarice. May I call you Clarice? Thomas Harris
I think it's easy to mistake understanding for empathy - we want empathy so badly. Maybe learning to make that distinction is part of growing up. It's hard and ugly to know somebody can understand you without even liking you. Thomas Harris
The lambs will stop for now. But, Clarice, you judge yourself with all the mercy of the dungeon scales at Threave; you'll have to earn it again and again, the blessed silence. Because it's the plight that drives you, seeing the plight, and the plight will not end, ever. Thomas Harris
She didn't give a damn about some of them, but she had grown to learn that inattention can be a stratagem to avoid pain, and that it is often misread as shallowness and indifference. Thomas Harris
I'm going to cut you loose. With all due respect, Doctor, if you fuck with me I'll shoot you dead, here and now. Do you understand that?"- Clarice"Perfectly."- Hannibal Lecter "Do right and you'll live through this." -Clarice Thomas Harris
It's fear, Jack. The man deals with a huge amount of fear.' Because he got hurt?' No, not entirely. Fear comes with imagination, it's a penalty, it's the price of imagination. Thomas Harris
Show Dr. Princi your teeth. That's right, let's see 'em all. Christ, Sparks, is that your tongue or are you swallowing a squirrel? Keep moving - Thomas Harris
But the face on the pillow, rosy in the firelight, is certainly that of Clarice Starling, and she sleeps deeply, sweetly, in the silence of the lambs. Thomas Harris
And then, the last words Raspail ever said: 'I wonder why my parents didn't kill me before I was old enough to fool them.' The slender handle of the stiletto wiggled as Raspail's spiked heart tried to keep beating, and Dr Lecter said, 'Looks like a straw down a doodlebug hole, doesn't it?' but it was too late for Raspail to answer. Thomas Harris

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