The Silence of the Lambs

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Quotes from The Silence of the Lambs

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"Doesn't he deserve acknowledgment?"
Hannibal Lecter Justice
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"You catch more interest with honey than with vinegar."
Hannibal Lecter Wisdom
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"The world is rude to him, I think."
Hannibal Lecter
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"Quid pro quo, Clarice. I tell you things, you tell me things."
Hannibal Lecter Justice
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"Some people can't believe in themselves until someone else believes in them first."
Jack Crawford Hope
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"Time is a gift."
Hannibal Lecter Time
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"Poor thing. He's already showing signs of maturity."
Hannibal Lecter
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"You're not more intelligent than I am, you're just well trained."
Hannibal Lecter Knowledge
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"I can smell your fear."
Hannibal Lecter Fear
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"Of all the things that drive men to sea, the most common disaster is women."
Hannibal Lecter Relationships
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"A psychologist today wouldn't tell you zip without a court order."
Jack Crawford Justice
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"You know what he's doing, don't you?"
Jack Crawford Truth
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"Cannibals would never say anything about it. Taxonomy is a Minotaur of a field."
Hannibal Lecter Knowledge
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"The Buddha sat beneath the Bodhi tree until enlightenment was his. Well, this is my tree."
Hannibal Lecter Wisdom
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"I do wish we could chat longer, but I'm having an old friend for dinner."
Hannibal Lecter Death
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"You're so ambitious, aren't you? You know what you look like to me, with your good bag and your cheap shoes?"
Hannibal Lecter
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"We covet what we see every day."
Hannibal Lecter
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"A census taker once tried to test me. I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice Chianti."
Hannibal Lecter Fear
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"The rest of us are only trying to live."
Hannibal Lecter Philosophy
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"I know all about you."
Clarice Starling Knowledge
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"You're waiting for something."
Hannibal Lecter
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"Adapt or die."
Hannibal Lecter
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"The lamb will stop screaming."
Hannibal Lecter Wisdom
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"You came all this way."
Hannibal Lecter Perseverance
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"Nothing happened to me."
Hannibal Lecter Power
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"Precedent rather than mercy."
Hannibal Lecter Philosophy
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"He wants you to find him."
Hannibal Lecter
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"I do not enjoy this."
Hannibal Lecter Truth
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"Transformation, Clarice."
Hannibal Lecter Change
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"You have to catch him now."
Jack Crawford