Extreme acts of cruelty require a high level of empathy.
The next time you have an instinct to help someone, you might consider crushing them instead. It might save you a great deal of trouble.
Forgiveness is too great and difficult for one person. It requires two: the betrayer and the betrayed.
The traumatized are unpredictable because we know we can survive.
We can all betray. Sometimes we have no other choice.
It’s nice when someone sees us, Hannibal. Or has the ability to see us. It requires trust. Trust is difficult for you.
Almost anything can be trained to resist its instinct.
All of our endings can be found in our beginnings. History repeats itself, and there is no escape.
You spend a lot of time building walls, Hannibal. It’s natural to want to see if someone is clever enough to climb over them.
Who holds the Devil, let him hold him well. He will hardly be caught a second time.
Touch gives the world an emotional context. The touch of others makes us who we are. It builds trust.
It’s hard to predict when brittle materials will break.
