Dive into the closing quotes from Criminal Minds Season 10, where each episode concludes with a thought-provoking line that captures the essence of the show’s psychological depth and intense storytelling. These quotes range from timeless wisdom to original reflections, enriching the season’s themes.
Season 10, Episode 1 – “X”
Opening Quote:
“The darkest places in hell are reserved for those who maintain their neutrality in times of moral crisis.”
— Dante Alighieri (quoted by Aaron Hotchner)
Closing Quote:
“In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer.”
— Albert Camus (quoted by Aaron Hotchner)
Season 10, Episode 2 – “Burn”
Opening Quote:
“Fire is the test of gold; adversity, of strong men.”
— Seneca (quoted by Derek Morgan)
Closing Quote:
“From the ashes of disaster grow the roses of success.”
— Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (quoted by Derek Morgan)
Season 10, Episode 3 – “A Thousand Suns”
Opening Quote:
“If the radiance of a thousand suns were to burst at once into the sky, that would be like the splendor of the mighty one.”
— Bhagavad Gita (quoted by Spencer Reid)
Closing Quote:
“Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.”
— Bhagavad Gita (quoted by Spencer Reid)
Season 10, Episode 4 – “The Itch”
Opening Quote:
“The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven.”
— John Milton (quoted by Jennifer Jareau)
Closing Quote:
“Sanity is madness put to good uses.”
— George Santayana (quoted by Jennifer Jareau)
Season 10, Episode 5 – “Boxed In”
Opening Quote:
“No man can think clearly when his fists are clenched.”
— George Jean Nathan (quoted by David Rossi)
Closing Quote:
“Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.”
— Mark Twain (quoted by David Rossi)
Season 10, Episode 6 – “If the Shoe Fits”
Opening Quote:
“Cinderella is proof that a new pair of shoes can change your life.”
— Traditional Proverb (quoted by Penelope Garcia)
Closing Quote:
“Give a girl the right shoes, and she can conquer the world.”
— Marilyn Monroe (quoted by Penelope Garcia)
Season 10, Episode 7 – “Hashtag”
Opening Quote:
“We live in a world where we have to hide to make love, while violence is practiced in broad daylight.”
— John Lennon (quoted by Tara Lewis)
Closing Quote:
“The internet is the first thing that humanity has built that humanity doesn’t understand.”
— Eric Schmidt (quoted by Tara Lewis)
Season 10, Episode 8 – “The Boys of Sudworth Place”
Opening Quote:
“Children are the living messages we send to a time we will not see.”
— John W. Whitehead (quoted by Aaron Hotchner)
Closing Quote:
“A child’s hand in yours—what tenderness it arouses, what patience it calls forth.”
— Anonymous (quoted by Aaron Hotchner)
Season 10, Episode 9 – “Fate”
Opening Quote:
“Fate leads the willing and drags along the reluctant.”
— Seneca (quoted by Derek Morgan)
Closing Quote:
“Destiny is not a matter of chance; it is a matter of choice.”
— William Jennings Bryan (quoted by Derek Morgan)
Season 10, Episode 10 – “Amelia Porter”
Opening Quote:
“The past is never dead. It’s not even past.”
— William Faulkner (quoted by David Rossi)
Closing Quote:
“We are all haunted by something, by the things we’ve done or the things we’ve left undone.”
— David Rossi (quoted by David Rossi)
Season 10, Episode 11 – “The Forever People”
Opening Quote:
“Youth is wasted on the young.”
— George Bernard Shaw (quoted by Spencer Reid)
Closing Quote:
“The young do not know enough to be prudent, and therefore they attempt the impossible—and achieve it, generation after generation.”
— Pearl S. Buck (quoted by Spencer Reid)
Season 10, Episode 12 – “Anonymous”
Opening Quote:
“A mask tells us more than a face.”
— Oscar Wilde (quoted by Jennifer Jareau)
Closing Quote:
“We all wear masks, and the time comes when we cannot remove them without removing some of our own skin.”
— André Berthiaume (quoted by Jennifer Jareau)
Season 10, Episode 13 – “Nelson’s Sparrow”
Opening Quote:
“A bird doesn’t sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.”
— Maya Angelou (quoted by David Rossi)
Closing Quote:
“Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul.”
— Emily Dickinson (quoted by David Rossi)
Season 10, Episode 14 – “Hero Worship”
Opening Quote:
“Not all heroes wear capes.”
— Traditional Proverb (quoted by Penelope Garcia)
Closing Quote:
“A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself.”
— Joseph Campbell (quoted by Penelope Garcia)
Season 10, Episode 15 – “Scream”
Opening Quote:
“The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown.”
— H.P. Lovecraft (quoted by Tara Lewis)
Closing Quote:
“There is no terror in the bang, only in the anticipation of it.”
— Alfred Hitchcock (quoted by Tara Lewis)
Season 10, Episode 16 – “Lockdown”
Opening Quote:
“When you have to shoot, shoot. Don’t talk.”
— Eli Wallach as Tuco in The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (quoted by Derek Morgan)
Closing Quote:
“Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.”
— Isaac Asimov (quoted by Derek Morgan)
Season 10, Episode 17 – “Breath Play”
Opening Quote:
“The line between pleasure and pain is as thin as a breath.”
— Traditional Proverb (quoted by Spencer Reid)
Closing Quote:
“What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.”
— Friedrich Nietzsche (quoted by Spencer Reid)
Season 10, Episode 18 – “Rock Creek Park”
Opening Quote:
“In nature, nothing is perfect and everything is perfect.”
— Alice Walker (quoted by Jennifer Jareau)
Closing Quote:
“The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness.”
— John Muir (quoted by Jennifer Jareau)
Season 10, Episode 19 – “Beyond Borders”
Opening Quote:
“The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page.”
— Saint Augustine (quoted by Aaron Hotchner)
Closing Quote:
“Not all those who wander are lost.”
— J.R.R. Tolkien (quoted by Aaron Hotchner)
Season 10, Episode 20 – “A Place at the Table”
Opening Quote:
“If you are more fortunate than others, build a longer table, not a taller fence.”
— Traditional Proverb (quoted by David Rossi)
Closing Quote:
“There is no exercise better for the heart than reaching down and lifting people up.”
— John Holmes (quoted by David Rossi)
Season 10, Episode 21 – “Mr. Scratch”
Opening Quote:
“The devil’s greatest trick was convincing the world he didn’t exist.”
— Charles Baudelaire (quoted by Spencer Reid)
Closing Quote:
“The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown.”
— H.P. Lovecraft (quoted by Spencer Reid)
Season 10, Episode 22 – “The Hunt”
Opening Quote:
“The hunt is on, and the prey is man.”
— Traditional Proverb (quoted by Derek Morgan)
Closing Quote:
“The hunter becomes the hunted.”
— Traditional Proverb (quoted by Derek Morgan)
Season 10, Episode 23 – “The Hunt (Part 2)”
Opening Quote:
“All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing.”
— Edmund Burke (quoted by Aaron Hotchner)
Closing Quote:
“The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don’t do anything about it.”
— Albert Einstein (quoted by Aaron Hotchner)
