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Dr. Abel Gideon : You intend me to be my own last supper.
Dr. Hannibal Lecter : Yes.
Dr. Abel Gideon : How does one politely refuse a dish in circumstances such as these?
Dr. Hannibal Lecter : One doesn't. The tragedy is not to die, Abel, but to be wasted.
Dr. Abel Gideon : [Uneasily, Gideon eats his own flesh] My compliments to the chef.
Dr. Hannibal Lecter : [smiles]
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Dr. Hannibal Lecter : [Before chopping Abel's leg meat] Shall I carve?
Dr. Abel Gideon : I think you already have.
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Dr. Alana Bloom : I was thinking about funerals, and how often they make us want sex.
Dr. Hannibal Lecter : It's one in the eye for death.
Dr. Alana Bloom : Not that... This wasn't... Funeral sex or...
Dr. Hannibal Lecter : Of course it was. We both just buried a friend. We buried Will
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Dr. Alana Bloom : You have to find a way to deal with what happened to you.
Dr. Hannibal Lecter : I'm metabolizing the experience by composing a new piece of music.
Dr. Alana Bloom : Harpsichord or Theremin?
Dr. Hannibal Lecter : Harpsichord. Stravinsky said a true composer thinks about his unfinished work the whole time. He's not always conscious of this, but he's aware of it when he suddenly knows what to do.
Dr. Alana Bloom : And do you know what to do?
Dr. Hannibal Lecter : I need to get my appetite back.