When Will Graham could open ...

When Will Graham could open his right eye, he saw the clock and knew where he was- an intensive-care unit. He knew to watch the clock. Its movement assured him that this was passing, would pass. That's what it was there for.
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 Thomas Harris

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I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti
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