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Thomas Harris
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Thomas Harris
Age: 84
Born: 1940
Born: April 11
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William Thomas Harris III
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It occured to Starling how much Roden would benefit from an elbow smash in the hinge of his jaw.
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And be grateful. Our scars have the power to remind us that the past was real.
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The very air had screams smeared on it. He flinched from the noise in this silent room.
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He was numb except for dreading the loss of numbness.
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I love myself that much and I will never apologize to you.
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I would not have had that happen to you. Discourtesy is unspeakably ugly to me.
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One can only see what one observes, and one observes only things which are already in the mind.
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I found, and find, the scrutiny of Dr. Lecter uncomfortable, intrusive, like the humming of your thoughts when they x-ray your head.
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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?
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I am the dragon, and you call me insane.
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Shiloh isn’t haunted – men are haunted. Shiloh doesn’t care.
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Good-bye Clarice. Will you let me know if ever the lambs stop screaming? Yes. Pembry was taking her arm. It was go or fight him. Yes, she said. I'll tell you. Do you promise?Yes.
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