- Will Graham: What effect were you hoping to have by killing the night nurse?
- Dr. Abel Gideon: The effect I was hoping to have was her death. Mission accomplished.
- Dr. Alana Bloom: Don't think I've ever had tongue.
- Dr. Hannibal Lecter: It was a particularly chatty lamb.
- Dr. Frederick Chilton: Romans would kill flamingos just to eat their tongues.
- Dr. Hannibal Lecter: Don't give me ideas. Your tongue is very feisty and as this evening has already proven, it's nice to have an old friend for dinner.
- Dr. Frederick Chilton: A unique cocktail of personality disorders and neuroses that makes you a highly skilled profiler.