

“And lastly from that period I remember riding in a taxi one afternoon between very tall buildings under a mauve and rosy sky; I began to bawl because I had everything I wanted and knew I would never be so happy again.”
― The Crack-Up
― The Crack-Up

“A census taker tried to quantify me once. I ate his liver with some fava beans and a big Amarone. Go back to school, little Starling.”
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“I'm doing one of three things: I'm writing. I'm staring out the window. Or I'm writhing on the floor.”
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“You would think such a day would tremble to begin . . .”
― Hannibal
― Hannibal

“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.”
― The Silence of the Lambs
― The Silence of the Lambs
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