Look for severe childhood disturbances associated with violence. Our Billy wasn't born a criminal, Clarice. He was made one through years of systematic abuse. Billy hates his own identity, you see, and he thinks that makes him a transsexual. But his pathology is a thousand times more savage and more terrifying.
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If I had sent you in there with an actual agenda, Lecter would have known it instantly. He would have toyed with you, then turned to stone.
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She broke her leg on the way down. I know it. She's been licking... Hey, don't you hurt my dog! -Don't you make me hurt your dog! -Oh, you don't know what pain is!
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Doctor, we don't have any more time for any of this now. But we don't reckon time the same way, do we, Clarice? This is all the time you'll ever have. Later. Now, please, listen to me. We've only got five... No! I will listen now. After your father's murder, you were orphaned. You were ten years old. You went to live with cousins on a sheep and horse ranch in Montana. And? And one morning, I just ran away. Not "just", Clarice. What set you off? -You started at what time? -Early. Still dark. Then something woke you, didn't it? Was it a dream? What was it? I heard a strange noise. What was it? It was screaming.
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He told you, don't get near the glass?
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-Fredrica Bimmel... -Right. From Belvedere, Ohio. First girl taken, third body found. Why? Well, she didn't drift. He weighted her down. What did Lecter say about the first principles? Simplicity. What does this guy do? He covets. How do we first start to covet? -We covet what we see... -Every day. -Hot damn, Clarice. -He knew her.
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Of course it counts. How do you play?
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We're interviewing all the serial killers now in custody for a psycho-behavioral profile. It could be a real help in unsolved cases. Most of them have been happy to talk to us. Do you spook easily, Starling?
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Precious? Precious? Down here, you sack of shit!
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Clean him up and get him ready to go.
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So you take care now to extend me the same courtesy. You know I can't make that promise.
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Hello! Are you there?
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Certainly.
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Oh, Jesus. Okay, Starling.
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Have your memo on my desk by 0800 Wednesday. Okay.