Explore the evocative closing quotes from Criminal Minds Season 11. Each episode ends with a line that deepens the psychological complexity and emotional intensity of the series, blending timeless wisdom with original reflections to enhance the storytelling.
Season 11, Episode 1 – “The Job”
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)
Season 11, Episode 2 – “The Witness”
Opening Quote:
“The truth will set you free, but first it will piss you off.”
— Gloria Steinem (quoted by Tara Lewis)
Closing Quote:
“There are no facts, only interpretations.”
— Friedrich Nietzsche (quoted by Tara Lewis)
Season 11, Episode 3 – “Til Death Do Us Part”
Opening Quote:
“Marriage is not a noun; it’s a verb. It isn’t something you get. It’s something you do. It’s the way you love your partner every day.”
— Barbara De Angelis (quoted by Jennifer Jareau)
Closing Quote:
“A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person.”
— Mignon McLaughlin (quoted by Jennifer Jareau)
Season 11, Episode 4 – “Outlaw”
Opening Quote:
“Laws are spider webs through which the big flies pass and the little ones get caught.”
— Honoré de Balzac (quoted by David Rossi)
Closing Quote:
“Justice delayed is justice denied.”
— William E. Gladstone (quoted by David Rossi)
Season 11, Episode 5 – “The Night Watch”
Opening Quote:
“The night is dark and full of terrors.”
— George R.R. Martin (quoted by Spencer Reid)
Closing Quote:
“The darkest hour is just before the dawn.”
— Thomas Fuller (quoted by Spencer Reid)
Season 11, Episode 6 – “Pariahville”
Opening Quote:
“No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent.”
— John Donne (quoted by Derek Morgan)
Closing Quote:
“We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.”
— Oscar Wilde (quoted by Derek Morgan)
Season 11, Episode 7 – “Target Rich”
Opening Quote:
“Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.”
— Isaac Asimov (quoted by Aaron Hotchner)
Closing Quote:
“When you have to shoot, shoot. Don’t talk.”
— Eli Wallach as Tuco in The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (quoted by Aaron Hotchner)
Season 11, Episode 8 – “Awake”
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 Spencer Reid)
Closing Quote:
“Sanity is madness put to good uses.”
— George Santayana (quoted by Spencer Reid)
Season 11, Episode 9 – “Internal Affairs”
Opening Quote:
“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil 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)
Season 11, Episode 10 – “Future Perfect”
Opening Quote:
“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.”
— Eleanor Roosevelt (quoted by Jennifer Jareau)
Closing Quote:
“The best way to predict the future is to create it.”
— Abraham Lincoln (quoted by Jennifer Jareau)
Season 11, Episode 11 – “Entropy”
Opening Quote:
“The only way to win is not to play.”
— WarGames (quoted by Penelope Garcia)
Closing Quote:
“In the game of chess, you can never let your adversary see your pieces.”
— Zsa Zsa Gabor (quoted by Penelope Garcia)
Season 11, Episode 12 – “Drive”
Opening Quote:
“The road to hell is paved with good intentions.”
— Samuel Johnson (quoted by David Rossi)
Closing Quote:
“Not all those who wander are lost.”
— J.R.R. Tolkien (quoted by David Rossi)
Season 11, Episode 13 – “The Bond”
Opening Quote:
“The strength of a family, like the strength of an army, is in its loyalty to each other.”
— Mario Puzo (quoted by Aaron Hotchner)
Closing Quote:
“Family isn’t always blood. It’s the people in your life who want you in theirs.”
— Traditional Proverb (quoted by Aaron Hotchner)
Season 11, Episode 14 – “Hostage”
Opening Quote:
“Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty.”
— Bertrand Russell (quoted by Tara Lewis)
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 Tara Lewis)
Season 11, Episode 15 – “A Badge and a Gun”
Opening Quote:
“The badge is a shield, not a sword.”
— Traditional Proverb (quoted by Derek Morgan)
Closing Quote:
“A gun is a tool, Marian; no better or no worse than any other tool.”
— The Rifleman (quoted by Derek Morgan)
Season 11, Episode 16 – “Derek”
Opening Quote:
“The past is never dead. It’s not even past.”
— William Faulkner (quoted by Derek Morgan)
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 Derek Morgan)
Season 11, Episode 17 – “The Sandman”
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 Spencer Reid)
Closing Quote:
“There is no terror in the bang, only in the anticipation of it.”
— Alfred Hitchcock (quoted by Spencer Reid)
Season 11, Episode 18 – “A Beautiful Disaster”
Opening Quote:
“Beauty is only skin deep, but ugly goes clean to the bone.”
— Dorothy Parker (quoted by Penelope Garcia)
Closing Quote:
“The mirror is a worthless invention. The only way to truly see yourself is in the reflection of someone else’s eyes.”
— Voltaire (quoted by Penelope Garcia)
Season 11, Episode 19 – “Tribute”
Opening Quote:
“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil 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)
Season 11, Episode 20 – “Inner Beauty”
Opening Quote:
“Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart.”
— Kahlil Gibran (quoted by Jennifer Jareau)
Closing Quote:
“The most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched—they must be felt with the heart.”
— Helen Keller (quoted by Jennifer Jareau)
Season 11, Episode 21 – “Devil’s Backbone”
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 11, Episode 22 – “The Storm”
Opening Quote:
“The calm before the storm.”
— Traditional Proverb (quoted by Aaron Hotchner)
Closing Quote:
“After a storm comes a calm.”
— Traditional Proverb (quoted by Aaron Hotchner)
