Hannigram Quotes

3.09 And the Woman Clothed with the Sun

Hannibal (sniffing): "That's the same atrocious aftershave you wore in court."

Will: "Hello, Dr. Lecter."

Hannibal: "Hello, Will. Did you get my note?"

Will: "I got it. Thank you."

Hannibal: "Did you read it before you destroyed it? Or did you simply toss it into the nearest fire?"

Will: "I read it... and then I burnt it."

Hannibal: "And you came anyway. I'm glad you came. My other callers are all... professional. Banal psychiatrists and grasping second-raters. Pencil lickers."

Will: "I want you to help me, Dr. Lecter."

Hannibal: "Yes, I thought so. Are we no longer on a first-name basis?"

Will: "I'm more comfortable the less personal we are."

Hannibal (sad): "I smell dogs... and pine and oil beneath that shaving lotion. It's something a child would select, isn't it? Is there a child in your life, Will? I gave you a child if you recall."

Will: "I came about Chicago and Buffalo. You've read about it."

Hannibal: "I've read the papers. I can't clip them. They won't let me have scissors. Of course. You want to know how he's choosing them?"

Will: "Thought you would have some ideas."

Hannibal: "You just came here to look at me. Came to get the old scent again. Why don't you just smell yourself?"

Will: "Uh... I expected more of you, Doctor. That routine... is old hat."

Hannibal: "Whereas you are a new man. Are you a good father, Will? Let me have the file. An hour, and we can discuss it like old times."

Will: "Thank you."

Hannibal: "Family values may have declined over the last century, but we still help our families when we can. You're family, Will."

script: On Will. A moment of sudden emotion for Hannibal he cannot name washing over him. He swallows it down and walks away.

Abigail: "How many people have you killed?"

Hannibal: "Many more than your father."

Abigail: "Are you going to kill me?"

Hannibal: "I'm so sorry, Abigail. I'm sorry I couldn't protect you in this life." Hannibal (deleted line): "But I can protect you in the life we create for you."
Hannibal: "Blood rituals involve a symbolic death, and then a rebirth. As with all things in the natural world, you'll adapt now and mutate later."

Abigail: "Evolve or die."

Hannibal: "Even if you know the state of who you are today, you can't predict who you'll be tomorrow. You're defined up to now, not beyond."

Abigail: "How would you have done it... if you were going to do it?"

Hannibal: "How would I have murdered you? I would have cut your throat like your father did."

Abigail: "But you're not my father."

Hannibal: "You accepted your father... would it be so difficult to accept me?"