Hannibal Lecter Quotes

I do wish we could chat longer, but… I’m having an old friend for dinner.

Well, Clarice – have the lambs stopped screaming?

I’ve always found the idea of death comforting. The thought that my life could end at any moment frees me to fully appreciate the beauty and artistry of existence.

People will say we’re in love.

A census taker once tried to test me. I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice Chianti.

I must confess to you, I’m giving serious thought… to eating your wife.

Nothing makes us more vulnerable than loneliness, except greed.

We begin by coveting what we see every day.

You know what you look like to me, with your good bag and your cheap shoes? You look like a rube.

Discipline yourself so that all the elements of your subconscious are constantly available.

Happiness is a state of mind. It’s just according to the way you look at things.

You know, we get a lot of detectives here, but I must say I can’t ever remember one as attractive.

Our scars have the power to remind us that the past was real.

Nothing happened to me. I happened. You can’t reduce me to a set of influences.

There is no God. No one rules the world.

The way we choose to see the world creates the world we see.

Power is always in the hands of the one who knows.

I’m not a psychopath, I’m a high-functioning sociopath. Do your research.

Hannibal Lecter Quotes part 2

Believe nothing you hear and only one half that you see.

I don’t need to eat them, Clarice. I just like to see them expire. Have you ever seen blood in the moonlight, Will? It appears quite black.

I offend a lot of people. It’s never intentional.

I eat my dessert already when I’m having my appetizer. It’s how I distract myself from the parts I don’t find as interesting.

You can’t reduce me to a set of influences.

If it’s really important to you, why are you eating it now?

I’m not mad. I’ve just had enough. I’ve had enough of being nice.

I find myself bored and difficult in equal measure.

We live in a primitive time. We invent gods and then go to war with them.

I never feel guilty eating anything.

You can’t reduce me to a simple set of influences.

Have you ever seen blood in the moonlight? It appears quite black.

When the fox hears the rabbit scream, he comes a-runnin’, but not to help.

I’m giving very serious thought to eating your wife.

The tragedy is not to die, but to be wasted.

I really am rather busy, so let’s speed things up.

We live in a world of serial killers, and we must know the fantasy from reality.

You can take my memory, if you must, but please spare my sausages.

A census taker once tried to test me. I ate his liver with some fava beans and a big Amarone.

You know how quickly the boys found you… all those tedious sticky fumblings in the back seats of cars… while you could only dream of getting out… getting anywhere… getting all the way to the F.B.I.

I don’t have anything to prove. I’m fine the way I am.

I mean, if you were listening, you would know that I planned your disqualification for Milton Vermin. For the rude young lady, I regretted that I couldn’t yet plan, a fate worse than disfigurement for them. I will selflessly bereave parents of their children.

Tell me, inspector. How exactly does one milk a squirrel?

I love ghosts, even if they go inside another ghost.

I have a list of my own: a list of all who deserve to die.

In three months, I will be accepted into the university. It’s walking distance from the closest cannibal.

Repetition is the key to my memory.