- Matthew Brown: I wonder what they're gonna call me... You know, the Iroquois used to eat their enemies to take their strength. Maybe your murders will become my murders... I'll be the Chesapeake Ripper now.
- Dr. Hannibal Lecter: Only if you eat me.
- Dr. Abel Gideon: [Talking about Chesapeake Ripper] He is the Devil, Mr. Graham... He is smoke. You'll never "catch" the Ripper. He won't be caught. If you want him... you will have to kill him.
- Will Graham: Fair enough.
- Dr. Hannibal Lecter: [to Freddy Lounds] So, what brings you to The Baltimore State Hospital For the Criminally Insane?
- [to Freddy Lounds]