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Thomas Harris, born on April 11, 1940, is a renowned American author known for his psychological thrillers. His most famous works include 'The Red Dragon', 'The Silence of the Lambs', and 'Hannibal'.

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Famous Thomas Harris Quotes

“I know what you're afraid of. It's not pain, or solitude. It's indignity you can't stand, Hannibal, you're like a cat that way.”

Fear Dignity Indignity Hannibal Lecter

Book:The Silence of the Lambs

Source: The Silence of the Lambs

“Es muy fácil confundir la comprensión con la simpatía. Deseamos la simpatía con tanta fuerza... Puede que aprender a distinguirla forme parte del proceso de madurar. Es duro y desagradable darse cuenta de que alguien puede comprenderte sin tener que gustarle.”

Hannibal Thomas Harris Hannibal Lecter

Book:Hannibal

Source: Hannibal

“Es difícil tener algo, ¿verdad? Raro conseguirlo, difícil conservarlo.”

Thomas Harris Hannibal Lecter El Dragon Rojo

Book:Red Dragon

Source: Red Dragon

“La falta de atención es muchas veces una estratagema para esquivar el sufrimiento y, a menudo, se interpreta equivocadamente como superficialidad e indiferencia.”

Thomas Harris Hannibal Lecter El Silencio De Los Corderos

Book:The Silence of the Lambs

Source: The Silence of the Lambs

“Es muy fácil confundir la comprensión con la simpatía, por la desesperada necesidad de simpatía que todos sentimos. Puede que aprender a distinguirlas forme parte del proceso de madurar. Es duro y desagradable darse cuenta de que alguien puede comprenderte sin que ni siquiera le gustes.”

Hannibal Thomas Harris Hannibal Lecter

Book:Hannibal

Source: Hannibal

“Graham had a lot of trouble with taste. Often his thoughts were not tasty. There were no effective partitions in his mind. What he saw and learned touched everything else he knew. Some of the combinations were hard to live with. But he could not anticipate them, could not block and repress. His learned values of decency and propriety tagged along, shocked at his associations, appalled at his dreams; sorry that in the bone arena of his skull there were no forts for what he loved. His associations came at the speed of light. His value judgments were at the pace of a responsive reading. They could never keep up and direct his thinking. He viewed his own mentality as grotesque but useful, like a chair made of antlers. There was nothing he could do about it.”

Hannibal Lecter Will Graham

Book:Red Dragon

Source: Red Dragon

About the Author

Born: April 11, 1940
Known for: Author
Quotes: 115

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Red DragonRelated source material

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