- Hannibal Lecter: I came half way around the world, to watch you run, Clarice. Let me run, eh?
- [Clarice struggles against Lecter, he forces her against the refrigerator, opens the door and traps her hair, breaking away the handle]
- Hannibal Lecter: Tell me Clarice, would you ever say to me “stop, if you loved me, you’d stop”?
- Clarice Starling: Not in a thousand years.
- Hannibal Lecter: Not in a thousand years…
- [Lecter lunges towards Clarice, baring his teeth; she does not flinch]
- Hannibal Lecter: That’s my girl.
- [Lecter kisses Starling, but she does not respond. The click of closing handcuffs is heard. Lecter stops, pulls away and lifts his wrist. The two are joined by handcuffs]
- Hannibal Lecter: Now that’s really interesting. But I’m rather pressed for time. Where’s the key?
- [Clarice does not react. He repeats the line, sounding less calm and more infuriated. Still she does not respond]
- Hannibal Lecter: Okay…
- [He takes a meat cleaver from the worktop and lays out her hand]
- Hannibal Lecter: Above or below the wrist, Clarice?
- [Clarice still refuses to respond as he raises the cleaver]
- Hannibal Lecter: This is really going to hurt…