You're very frank, Clarice. I think it would be quite something to know you in private life.
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Paul Krendler: Senator Martin's been on the line. Did you have a trainee make a kind of phoney deal with Lecter?Jack Crawford: Yeah, I rolled the dice, I had to.Paul Krendler: Well, she's mad as Hell, Jack.
Hannibal Lecter: No. That is incidental. What is the first and principal thing he does? What needs does he serve by killing?Clarice Starling: Anger, um, social acceptance, and, huh, sexual frustrations, sir...Hannibal Lecter: No! He covets. That is his nature. And how do we begin to covet, Clarice? Do we seek out things to covet? Make an effort to answer now.Clarice Starling: No. We just...Hannibal Lecter: No. We begin by coveting what we see every day. Don't you feel eyes moving over your body, Clarice? And don't your eyes seek out the things you want?
I graduated from UVa, Captain; it's not exactly a charm school.