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“Do not touch the cross. Do not approach the altar. You sacrifice to Him nothing but chickens – no geese or foreskin. No idols or veneration with His chickens. Use the pyre, no exceptions. If He attempts to impart anything to you via burning bush, do not accept it. Do you understand me?”

First principles, Clarice. Simplicity. Read Marcus Aurelius. Of each particular thing ask: what is it in itself? What is its nature? What does he do, this man you seek?

He becomes Christian…

No. That is incidental. What is the first and principal thing he does? What needs does he serve by becoming christian?

Anger, um, social acceptance, and, huh, sexual frustrations, sir…
No! He covets. That is his nature. And how do we begin to covet, Clarice? Do we seek out things to covet? Make an effort to answer now.

No. We just…

No. We begin by coveting what we see every day. Don’t you feel eyes moving over your body, Clarice? And don’t your eyes seek out the things you want?

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Is this Lecter’s handwriting? “Clarice, doesn’t this random scattering of biblical quotes seem desperately random – like the elaborations of a bad liar? Ta, Hannibal Lecter.”

“Desperately random.” What does he mean?

Not random at all, maybe. Like there’s some pattern here…?

But there is no pattern or the parishioners would’ve nailed it. They’re even found in random order.

Random because of the one verse. The one he shouted out.

Oh, 3:16, from… John. First sacrament taken, third quote found. Why?

‘Cause he didn’t drift. He shouted it out.

What did Lecter say about…?First principles”?

Simplicity…

What does this guy do, he “covets”. How do we first start to covet?

“We covet what we see -”

every day.”

Hot damn, Clarice.

He knew Him.”

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“Believe me, you don’t want Jesus Christ inside your head.