The Silence of the Lambs

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Quotes from The Silence of the Lambs

J
"Three victims. Three separate jurisdictions."
Jack Crawford
C
"He took them all in the same general area."
Clarice Starling
J
"You've begun to think like he does."
Jack Crawford
H
"First principles, Clarice. Simplicity."
Hannibal Lecter Wisdom
C
"He wants to become someone new."
Clarice Starling
H
"Some of us are born to be alive."
Hannibal Lecter
H
"I'd like to help you with this, Clarice."
Hannibal Lecter
C
"He keeps them alive during the process."
Clarice Starling
J
"There are three things we know about him."
Jack Crawford Knowledge
C
"He's already shed once. He'll do it again."
Clarice Starling
C
"The organs he's taking are getting smaller."
Clarice Starling
J
"A person has to make a choice."
Jack Crawford Wisdom
H
"She is not without merit."
Hannibal Lecter
C
"He kills when he's angry."
Clarice Starling
C
"I'm not going to hurt you."
Clarice Starling
H
"That doesn't sound like you."
Hannibal Lecter
H
"You're very self-assured for someone so young."
Hannibal Lecter
H
"Tell me about your mother."
Hannibal Lecter
C
"He wanted them as well."
Clarice Starling
J
"The killer has been hunting for weeks."
Jack Crawford
H
"I can smell you. It's faint, but I smell it."
Hannibal Lecter Power
H
"You're ambitious, aren't you?"
Hannibal Lecter Motivation
H
"The most aggressive hunters stalk the wary."
Hannibal Lecter Power
H
"What does he do, this man you seek?"
Hannibal Lecter Wisdom
H
"Friendship often ends in love, but love in friendship, never."
Hannibal Lecter Relationships
C
"He doesn't want to make them suffer. He wants something from them."
Clarice Starling
C
"He's no longer trying to hide them."
Clarice Starling
J
"Transformation and physical change. That's what he's after."
Jack Crawford Wisdom
H
"You use Evyan skin cream, and sometimes you wear L'Air du Temps."
Hannibal Lecter
H
"We covet what we see every day."
Hannibal Lecter