The book discussion seemed to need a bit of a boost, so I thought I'd ask everyone what their favorite quotes were from any of the books. Could also be favorite scenes, really just anything from the books that has stuck with you or made an impact, or that you just really liked. Funny, serious, terrifying, anything.

So, to start off, one of my favorite passages so far from Hannibal is of "Dr. Fell" people-watching in the Atrocious Torture Instruments show in Florence:

Quote:
Night again and Dr. Fell is in the vast stone room of the Atrocious Torture Instruments show at Forte di Belvedere, the doctor leaning at ease against the wall beneath the hanging cages of the damned.
He is registering aspects of damnation from the avid faces of the voyeurs as they press around the torture instruments and press against each other in steamy, goggle-eyed frottage, hair rising on their forearms, breath hot on one another's neck and cheeks. Sometimes the doctor presses a scented handkerchief to his face against an overdose of cologne and rut.


I just particularly like this passage because it's an example of how Harris skillfully pulls the reader in, sets the scene so vividly and makes it easy to imagine yourself there, almost seeing through Hannibal's eyes. You can practically feel the air in the room, and feel Hannibal's distaste for the people around him. It's just a bit of particularly excellent writing and it's really stuck with me. Parallels could even be drawn between the patrons of the torture exhibit and the readers of the books about Hannibal Lecter, but that seems like a discussion for a different thread.

So, guys, any favorite quotes or scenes?