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99 Great Thomas Harris Quotes That Will Take You On A Suspense Ride

Famous As: Writer, best known for a series of suspense novels about his most famous character, Hannibal Lecter
Born On: September 22, 1940
Born In: Jackson, Tennessee, United States
Age: 83 Years
Thomas Harris is an acclaimed American writer, famous for his suspense novels. He is one of the very few privileged writers who have successfully sold off all their books to be adapted as movies. During his studies at Baylor University, he also worked as a reporter for a local newspaper. He has published five books and almost all have an integral feature of thrill and horror. Although all his books have been best-sellers, but the most notable one was ‘The Silence of the Lambs’ which was adapted into a movie, and subsequently won multiple ‘Oscars’. His latest novel ‘Hannibal’ has been the third novel to feature the main characters of ‘Dr. Hannibal Lecter’ and ‘Clarice Starling’. It portrays the life of both the characters after seven years of ‘The Silence of Lambs’. His books, writings, thoughts and work portray his stupendous intellect and he has also been acknowledged as one of the best writers by the famous novelist ‘John Dunning’. We have curated his famous quotes from his books and film adaptations. Go through these quotes and sayings by Thomas Harris which will surely inspire you besides giving you goosebumps.
When the Fox hears the Rabbit scream he comes a-runnin', but not to help.

When the Fox hears the Rabbit scream he comes a-runnin', but not to help.

Thomas Harris
Nothing made me happen. I happened.

Nothing made me happen. I happened.

Thomas Harris
I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti

I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti

Thomas Harris
Being smart spoils a lot of things, doesn't it?

Being smart spoils a lot of things, doesn't it?

Thomas Harris
The tragedy is not to die, but to be wasted.

The tragedy is not to die, but to be wasted.

Thomas Harris
It's fear, Jack. The man deals with a huge amount of fear.'
Because he got hurt?'
No, not entirely. Fear comes with imagination, it's a penalty, it's the price of imagination.

It's fear, Jack. The man deals with a huge amount of fear.' Because he got hurt?' No, not entirely. Fear comes with imagination, it's a penalty, it's the price of imagination.

Thomas Harris
It's hard to have anything isn't it? Rare to get it, hard to keep it. This is a damn slippery planet.

It's hard to have anything isn't it? Rare to get it, hard to keep it. This is a damn slippery planet.

Thomas Harris
She didn't give a damn about some of them, but she had grown to learn that inattention can be a stratagem to avoid pain, and that it is often misread as shallowness and indifference.

She didn't give a damn about some of them, but she had grown to learn that inattention can be a stratagem to avoid pain, and that it is often misread as shallowness and indifference.

Thomas Harris
Are you looking for sympathy? You'll find it in the dictionary between shit and syphilis

Are you looking for sympathy? You'll find it in the dictionary between shit and syphilis

Thomas Harris
Nothing makes us more vulnerable than loneliness except greed.

Nothing makes us more vulnerable than loneliness except greed.

Thomas Harris
We can only learn so much and live.

We can only learn so much and live.

Thomas Harris
Silence can mock.

Silence can mock.

Thomas Harris
We live in a primitive time—don’t we, Will?—neither savage nor wise. Half measures are the curse of it. Any rational society would either kill me or give me my books.

We live in a primitive time—don’t we, Will?—neither savage nor wise. Half measures are the curse of it. Any rational society would either kill me or give me my books.

Thomas Harris
I'm not sure you get wiser as you get older, Starling, but you do learn to dodge a certain amount of hell.

I'm not sure you get wiser as you get older, Starling, but you do learn to dodge a certain amount of hell.

Thomas Harris
I'm doing one of three things: I'm writing. I'm staring out the window. Or I'm writhing on the floor.

I'm doing one of three things: I'm writing. I'm staring out the window. Or I'm writhing on the floor.

Thomas Harris
The worm that destroys you is the temptation to agree with your critics, to get their approval.

The worm that destroys you is the temptation to agree with your critics, to get their approval.

Thomas Harris
Fear comes with imagination, it’s a penalty, it’s the price of imagination.

Fear comes with imagination, it’s a penalty, it’s the price of imagination.

Thomas Harris
Over this odd world, this half the world that's dark now, I have to hunt a thing that lives on tears.

Over this odd world, this half the world that's dark now, I have to hunt a thing that lives on tears.

Thomas Harris
The most stable elements, Clarice, appear in the middle of the periodic table, roughly between iron and silver.

Between iron and silver. I think that is appropriate for you.

The most stable elements, Clarice, appear in the middle of the periodic table, roughly between iron and silver. Between iron and silver. I think that is appropriate for you.

Thomas Harris
What does he do, Clarice? What is the first and principal thing he does, what need does he serve by killing? He covets. How do we begin to covet? We begin by coveting what we see every day.

What does he do, Clarice? What is the first and principal thing he does, what need does he serve by killing? He covets. How do we begin to covet? We begin by coveting what we see every day.

Thomas Harris
I'm giving serious thought into eating yor wife” - Hannibal Lecter

I'm giving serious thought into eating yor wife” - Hannibal Lecter

Thomas Harris
Did you ever think, Clarice, why the Philistines don't understand you? It's because you are the answer to Samson's riddle. You are the honey in the lion.

Did you ever think, Clarice, why the Philistines don't understand you? It's because you are the answer to Samson's riddle. You are the honey in the lion.

Thomas Harris
Problem-solving is hunting; it is savage pleasure and we are born to it.

Problem-solving is hunting; it is savage pleasure and we are born to it.

Thomas Harris
I love myself that much and I will never apologize to you.

I love myself that much and I will never apologize to you.

Thomas Harris
You would think such a day would tremble to begin . . .

You would think such a day would tremble to begin . . .

Thomas Harris
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.

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
The advantage of beating a mute is he can't tell on you.

The advantage of beating a mute is he can't tell on you.

Thomas Harris
If I saw you everyday forever, I would remember this time.

If I saw you everyday forever, I would remember this time.

Thomas Harris
He lives down in a ribcage in the dry leaves of a heart.

He lives down in a ribcage in the dry leaves of a heart.

Thomas Harris
There is a common emotion we all recognize and have not yet named -- the happy anticipation of being able to feel contempt.

There is a common emotion we all recognize and have not yet named -- the happy anticipation of being able to feel contempt.

Thomas Harris