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“ It was as though committing murders had purged him of lesser rudeness. Or perhaps, Starling thought, it excited him to see her marked in this particular way. She couldn't tell. The sparks in his eyes flew into his darkness like fireflies down a cave. ”

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God's creatures who cried themselves to sleep stirred to cry again.

~ Thomas Harris

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You know how cats do. They hide to die. Dogs come home.

~ Thomas Harris

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In her way, she was a hard one. Faith in any sort of natural justice was nothing but a night light; she knew of that. Whatever she did, she would end the same way with everyone does: flat on her back with a tube in her nose, wondering, Is this all?

~ Thomas Harris

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You must understand that when you are writing a novel you are not making anything up. It's all there and you just have to find it.

~ Thomas Harris

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