Thomas HarrisI know what you're afraid of. It's not pain, or solitude. It's indignity you can't stand, Hannibal, you're like a cat that way.
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In the novel, Hannibal , by Thomas Harris, Detective Will Graham of the FBI says to Dr. Hannibal Lecter, "I know what you're afraid of. It's not pain, or solitude. It's indignity you can't stand, Hannibal, you're like a cat that way." The quote conveys that Dr.
Lecter is a predator and that he is not afraid of anything. He is not afraid of pain or solitude, and he is not afraid of being humiliated because he does not care for those things.
Source: The Silence Of The Lambs
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