Favorite Hannibal Quotes
Will: Is Hannibal IN LOVE with me?!?
Bedelia: Could he daily feel a stab of hunger for you, and find nourishment at the very sight of you? Yes. But do you ache for him?
The next time you have an instinct to help someone, maybe consider crushing them instead. It might save you a great deal of trouble.
Bedelia
Hannibal: You caught the Chesapeake Ripper.
Jack: We didn't catch you, you surrendered.
Hannibal: I wanted you to know exactly where I am, and where you can always find me.
You died in my kitchen, Alana, when you chose to be brave. Every moment since has been borrowed. Your wife, your child, they belong to me. You made a bargain for Will's life, and then I spun you gold.
I've always found the idea of death comforting. The thought that my life could end at any moment frees me to fully appreciate the beauty and art and horror of everything this world has to offer.
He doesn't leave evidence. He eats it.
Will
Anthony Dimmond: You avoiding meats?
Bedelia: I'm trying not to eat anything with a central nervous system.
Bedelia: Forgiveness is too great and difficult for one person. It requires two. A betrayer and a betrayed. Which one are you?
Hannibal: I'm vague on those details.
Bedelia: Betrayal and forgiveness are best seen as something akin to falling in love.
Hannibal: You cannot control with respect to whom you fall in love.
It's hard to be your own person when you can't get out of your own head.
Gideon
Psychopaths are not crazy. They are fully aware of what they do and the consequences of those actions.
Tobias: Then why did you invite me for dinner?
Hannibal: Because I was going to kill you. I didn't poison your dinner. I wouldn't do that to food.
I'm just about worn out with you crazy sons of bitches.
Will
