#as much as I love the book ending…I do still have an appreciation for this#‘Not in a thousand years’ even while trapped she’s not going to beg#she’s not going to use his love for her as a weapon against him#she’s not going to ask him to change#she already accepted what was there all those years ago#and she doesn’t go back on that in some weak attempt to save herself#CLARICE M STARLING.#The best person in this series tbqh.
above, or below the wrist, clarice
The Silence of the Lambs (1991), dir. Jonathan Demme
“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.“
Hannibal Lecter.
“The Silence of the Lambs”, Thomas Harris
The Silence of the Lambs (1991) Directed by Jonathan Demme
“If I saw you every day, forever, I’d remember this time.” His dark eyes held her whole.
“How many times have you seen me? That I don’t know about?”
“Only three.”
“But here-“
“Is outside of time, and what I may see taking care of you does not compromise your privacy. That’s kept in its own place with your medical records. I’ll confess it is pleasant to look at you asleep. You’re quite beautiful, Clarice.”
“Looks are an accident, Dr Lecter.”
“If comeliness were earned, you’d still be beautiful.”
“Thanks.”
“Do not say Thanks.”
A fractional turn of his head was enough to dash his annoyance like a glass thrown in the fireplace.
“I say what I mean,” Starling said. “Would you like it better if I said I’m glad you find me so. That would be a little fancier, and equally true.”
She raised her glass beneath her level prairie gaze, taking back nothing.
It occurred to Dr Lecter in the moment that with all his knowledge and intrusion, he could never entirely predict her, or own her at all. He could feed the caterpillar, he could whisper through the chrysalis; what hatched out followed its own nature and was beyond him. He wondered if she had the .45 on her leg beneath the gown.
“I came halfway around the world to watch you run, Clarice. Let me run, eh?”
Get to know me meme: [3/5] Favourite Female Characters » Clarice Starling
“You see a lot, Doctor. But are you strong enough to point that high-powered perception at yourself? What about it? Why don’t you – why don’t you look at yourself and write down what you see? Or maybe you’re afraid to.”
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