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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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“He lives down in a ribcage in the dry leaves of a heart.”

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Book:The Silence of the Lambs

Source: The Silence of the Lambs

“Orion is above the horizon now, and near it Jupiter, brighter than it will ever be ... But i expect you can see it too. Some of our stars are the same.”

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Book:The Silence of the Lambs

Source: The Silence of the Lambs

“For years Lecter had teased the problem, wanting very much for Hawking to be right the first time, for the expanding universe to stop, for entropy to mend itself, for Mischa, eaten, to be whole again.”

Grief Cannibalism Hannibal

Book:Hannibal

Source: Hannibal

“Clarice, I’m going to leave you here with these remains. Remains, Clarice. Scream your plight into his eyeholes and no reply will come.” He put his hands on the sides of her head. “What you need of your father is here, in your head, and subject to your judgment, not his.”

Father Grief Hannibal

Book:Hannibal

Source: Hannibal

“There is much tradition and mystique in the bequest of personal weapons to a surviving comrade in arms. It has to do with a continuation of values past individual mortality. People living in a time made safe for them by others may find this difficult to understand.”

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Book:Hannibal

Source: Hannibal

“He would like to meet Lecter, talk and share with him, rejoice with him in their shared vision, be recog nized by him as John the Baptist recognized the One who came after, sit on him as the Dragon sat on 666 in Blake’s Revelation series, and film his death as, dying, he melded with the strength of the Dragon.”

Hannibal Thomas Harris The Red Dragon

Book:Red Dragon

Source: Red Dragon

“No existe misericordia en la Máquina verde; nosotros la creamos, fabricándola en las partes que han superado nuestro elemental cerebro de reptil. No existe el crimen, nosotros lo hemos creado y solo a nosotros nos incumbe.”

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Book:Red Dragon

Source: Red Dragon

“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 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

“You're his friend, Jack. Why can't you leave him alone? 'Because it's his bad luck to be the best. Because he doesn't think like other people. Somehow he never got in a rut.”

Empath Infj Hannibal Will Graham

Book:Red Dragon

Source: Red Dragon

“En este extraño mundo, esta mitad del mundo que ahora está a oscuras, tengo que perseguir a un ser que se alimenta de lágrimas”

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Book:The Silence of the Lambs

Source: The Silence of the Lambs

“Can you smell his sweat? That peculiar goatish odor is trans-3-methyl-2 hexenoic acid. Remember it, it's the smell of schizophrenia.”

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Book:The Silence of the Lambs

Source: The Silence of the Lambs

“Pictures ... flashed on her in sudden color, too much color, shocking color, the color that leaps out of black when lightning strikes at night.”

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Book:The Silence of the Lambs

Source: The Silence of the Lambs

About the Author

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

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