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“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.”

Values Sacrifice Honor Patriotism Firearms Legacies Hannibal Thomas Harris Hannibal Lector

Book:Hannibal

Source: Hannibal

“They waited for the elevator. " Most people love butterflies and hate moth," he said. "But moths are more interesting - more engaging." "They're destructive." "Some are, a lot are, but they live in all kinds of ways. Just like we do." Silence for one floor. "There's a moth, more than one in fact, that lives only on tears," he offered. "That's all they eat or drink." "What kind of tears? Whose tears?" "The tears of large land mammals, about our size. The old definition of moth was, 'anything that gradually, silently eats, consumes, or wages any other thing.' It was a verb for destruction too. . . .”

Moths Thomas Harris Silence Of The Lambs

Book:The Silence of the Lambs

Source: The Silence of the Lambs

“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.”

Crimen Hannibal Misericordia Thomas Harris Red Dragon Dragón Rojo

Book:Red Dragon

Source: Red Dragon

“Snow. It has a way of hiding things. Everything seems pure, covered in a layer of white. Until you dig underneath and find the gray, ugly truth.”

Horror Horror Fiction Thrillers Serial Killers Thomas Harris Hannibal Lecter Jo Nesbø New Releases 2020 The Puritan The Pvritan

Book:The Puritan

Source: The Puritan

“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