Quotation record · reviewed 2026-08-09
Circulates under Hannibal Lecter
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The greeting is strongly associated with The Silence of the Lambs, but the exact sentence does not appear in the film dialogue identified by the cited review. It is a later shorthand for Lecter's relationship with Clarice.
Earliest traceable appearance in this record: No exact occurrence located in the 1991 film; later popular shorthand.
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