Closer, please. Clo-ser...
Read more Dr. Hannibal Lecter QuotesFrom: The Silence of the Lambs
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?
Well, Clarice - have the lambs stopped screaming?
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.