Thomas Harris quotes

Thomas Harris is an American author, best known for his suspense and crime novels featuring the character Hannibal Lecter. His works, such as "The Silence of the Lambs," have had a lasting impact on popular culture and the thriller genre. He continues to be recognized for his gripping storytelling and complex characters. Here are 51 of his quotes:

Nothing makes us more vulnerable than loneliness, except greed. (Thomas Harris)
Problem solving is hunting. It is savage pleasure and we are born to it. View quote
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What does he do, Clarice? What is the first and principal thing he does, what need does he serve by killing? He covets. How do we begin to covet? We begin by coveting what we see every day. View quote
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Did you ever think, Clarice, why the Philistines don't understand you? It's because you are the answer to Samson's riddle. You are the honey in the lion. View quote
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You would think such a day would tremble to begin... View quote
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There is a common emotion we all recognize and have not yet named-the happy anticipation of being able to feel contempt. View quote
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I love myself that much and I will never apologize to you. View quote
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You know how cats do. They hide to die. Dogs come home. View quote
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I am the dragon, and you call me insane. View quote
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It rubs the lotion on its skin. It does this whenever it is told. View quote
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I expect most psychiatrists have a patient or two they'd like to refer to me. (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. View quote
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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. View quote
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We routinely leave our small children in day care among strangers. At the same time, in our guilt we evince paranoia about strangers and foster fear in children. View quote
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The worm that destroys you is the temptation to agree with your critics, to get their approval. View quote
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When the Fox hears the Rabbit scream he comes a-runnin', but not to help. View quote
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Nothing made me happen. I happened. View quote
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I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti. View quote
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The tragedy is not to die, but to be wasted. View quote
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We can only learn so much and live. View quote
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We live in a primitive time-don't we, Will?-neither savage nor wise. Half measures are the curse of it. Any rational society would either kill me or give me my books. (Thomas Harris)
Fear comes with imagination, it's a penalty, it's the price of imagination. View quote
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I'm doing one of three things: I'm writing. I'm staring out the window. Or I'm writhing on the floor. View quote
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Over this odd world, this half the world that's dark now, I have to hunt a thing that lives on tears. View quote
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A census taker tried to quantify me once. I ate his liver with some fava beans and a big Amarone. Go back to school, little Starling. View quote
Thomas Harris

Thomas Harris

Occupation: American Author
Born: April 11, 1940
Quotes count: 51

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