The silence of the lambs scared the **** out of me when I first watched it. I was young mind you but here's some of my favorite moments from the film itself.

Hannibal Lecter: "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?"
Clarice Starling: "He kills women..."
Hannibal Lecter: "No. That is incidental. What is the first and principal thing he does? What needs does he serve by killing?"
Clarice Starling: "Anger, um, social acceptance, and, huh, sexual frustrations, sir..."
Hannibal Lecter: "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."
Clarice Starling: "No. We just..."
Hannibal Lecter: "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?"

Hannibal Lecter: "Now then, tell me. What did Miggs say to you? Multiple Miggs in the next cell. He hissed at you. What did he say?"
Clarice Starling: "He said, "I can smell your cunt.""
Hannibal Lecter: "I see. I myself cannot. You use Evian skin cream, and sometimes you wear L'Air du Temps, but not today."

Murray: "Is it true what they're sayin', he's some kinda vampire?"
Clarice Starling: "They don't have a name for what he is."

Clarice Starling: "If you didn't kill him, then who did, sir?"
Hannibal Lecter: "Who can say. Best thing for him, really. His therapy was going nowhere."

Hannibal Lecter: "Jack Crawford is helping your career isn't he? Apparently he likes you and you like him too."
Clarice Starling: "I never thought about it."
Hannibal Lecter: "Do you think that Jack Crawford wants you sexually? True, he is much older but do you think he visualizes scenarios, exchanges, ****ing you?"
Clarice Starling: "That doesn't interest me Doctor and frankly, it's, it's the sort of thing that Miggs would say."
Hannibal Lecter: "Not anymore."

ame "Buffalo Bill" Gumb: "It rubs the lotion on its skin. It does this whenever it's told."
Catherine Martin: "Please mister, let me go! My family will give you anything you want!"
Jame "Buffalo Bill" Gumb: "It rubs the lotion on its skin or else it gets the hose again."

Hannibal Lecter: "Why do you think he removes their skins, Agent Starling?"
[sarcastically]
Hannibal Lecter: "Enthrall me with your acumen."
Clarice Starling: "It excites him. Most serial killers keep some sort of trophies from their victims."
Hannibal Lecter: "I didn't."
Clarice Starling: "No. No, you ate yours."

Clarice Starling: "Did you do all these drawings, Doctor?"
Hannibal Lecter: "Ah. That is the Duomo seen from the Belvedere. Do you know Florence?"
Clarice Starling: "All that detail just from memory, sir?"
Hannibal Lecter: "Memory, Agent Starling, is what I have instead of a view."

Hannibal Lecter: [on telephone] "I do wish we could chat longer, but... I'm having an old friend for dinner. Bye."