Thomas Harris Quotes Archives - Famous Inspirational Quotes & Sayings

Over this odd world, this half the world that's dark now, I have to hunt a thing that lives on tears.
—Thomas Harris, "The Silence of the Lambs"

Ready when you are Sergeant Pempbry.
—Thomas Harris, "The Silence of the Lambs"

She didn't give a damn about some of them, but she had grown to learn that inattention can be a stratagem to avoid pain, and that it is often misread as shallowness and indifference.
—Thomas Harris, "The Silence of the Lambs"

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.
—Thomas Harris, "The Silence of the Lambs"

When the Fox hears the Rabbit scream he comes a-runnin', but not to help.
—Thomas Harris, "The Silence of the Lambs"

Back at his chair he cannot remember what he was reading. He feels the books beside him to find the one that is warm.
—Thomas Harris, "The Silence of the Lambs"

Being smart spoils a lot of things, doesn't it?
—Thomas Harris, "The Silence of the Lambs"

I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti
—Thomas Harris, "The Silence of the Lambs"

I collect church collapses, recreationally. Did you see the recent one in Sicily? Marvelous! The facade fell on sixty-five grandmothers at a special mass. Was that evil? If so, who did it? If he's up there, he just loves it, Officer Starling. Typhoid and swans - it all comes from the same place.
—Thomas Harris, "The Silence of the Lambs"

I expect most psychiatrists have a patient or two they'd like to refer to me.
—Thomas Harris, "The Silence of the Lambs"

In the 1980's, the Golden Age of Terrorism, procedures....
—Thomas Harris, "The Silence of the Lambs"

It occured to Starling how much Roden would benefit from an elbow smash in the hinge of his jaw.
—Thomas Harris, "The Silence of the Lambs"

It rubs the lotion on its skin. It does this whenever it is told.
—Thomas Harris, "The Silence of the Lambs"

Problem solving is hunting. It is savage pleasure and we are born to it.
—Thomas Harris

Is there any sickness or disease that's too hard for God or believers to heal
—Thomas Harris

The way, I think, to make that happen is for the (Oktoberfest) leadership team to invite groups and people into the planning. (They'd) open the door to people from those diverse backgrounds.
—Thomas Harris

Nothing makes us more vulnerable than loneliness, except greed.
—Thomas Harris

They say he's a sociopath because they don't know what else to call him. He has some of the characteristics of what they call a sociopath. He has no remorse or guilt at all. And he had the first and worst sign - sadism to animals as a child.
—Thomas Harris