Delve into the closing quotes of Criminal Minds Season 12, where each episode concludes with reflections that highlight the season’s themes of resilience, mystery, and human complexity. These quotes combine classic wisdom and original insights, enriching the show’s powerful storytelling.
Season 12, Episode 1 – “The Crimson King”
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 David Rossi)
Closing Quote:
“There is no terror in the bang, only in the anticipation of it.”
— Alfred Hitchcock (quoted by David Rossi)
Season 12, Episode 2 – “Sick Day”
Opening Quote:
“The greatest healing therapy is friendship and love.”
— Hubert H. Humphrey (quoted by Penelope Garcia)
Closing Quote:
“A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you.”
— Elbert Hubbard (quoted by Penelope Garcia)
Season 12, Episode 3 – “Taboo”
Opening Quote:
“The forbidden is an invitation.”
— Traditional Proverb (quoted by Tara Lewis)
Closing Quote:
“Curiosity is the very basis of education.”
— Arnold Edinborough (quoted by Tara Lewis)
Season 12, Episode 4 – “Keeper”
Opening Quote:
“A secret’s worth depends on the people from whom it must be kept.”
— Carlos Ruiz Zafón (quoted by Luke Alvez)
Closing Quote:
“Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead.”
— Benjamin Franklin (quoted by Luke Alvez)
Season 12, Episode 5 – “The Anti-Terror Squad”
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 12, Episode 6 – “Elliot’s Pond”
Opening Quote:
“Children are the living messages we send to a time we will not see.”
— John W. Whitehead (quoted by Jennifer Jareau)
Closing Quote:
“A child’s hand in yours—what tenderness it arouses, what patience it calls forth.”
— Anonymous (quoted by Jennifer Jareau)
Season 12, Episode 7 – “Mirror Image”
Opening 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 Spencer Reid)
Closing Quote:
“We are all mirrors for each other.”
— Ram Dass (quoted by Spencer Reid)
Season 12, Episode 8 – “Scarecrow”
Opening Quote:
“Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty.”
— Bertrand Russell (quoted by Luke Alvez)
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 Luke Alvez)
Season 12, Episode 9 – “Profiling 202”
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 12, Episode 10 – “Seek and Destroy”
Opening Quote:
“The hunter becomes the hunted.”
— Traditional Proverb (quoted by Luke Alvez)
Closing Quote:
“The hunt is on, and the prey is man.”
— Traditional Proverb (quoted by Luke Alvez)
Season 12, Episode 11 – “Surface Tension”
Opening Quote:
“Still waters run deep.”
— Traditional Proverb (quoted by Tara Lewis)
Closing Quote:
“The surface of the water is beautiful, but it is only a reflection.”
— Traditional Proverb (quoted by Tara Lewis)
Season 12, Episode 12 – “A Good Husband”
Opening Quote:
“A good husband makes a good wife.”
— John Florio (quoted by Jennifer Jareau)
Closing Quote:
“Marriage is not a noun; it’s a verb. It isn’t something you get. It’s something you do.”
— Barbara De Angelis (quoted by Jennifer Jareau)
Season 12, Episode 13 – “Spencer”
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 12, Episode 14 – “Collision Course”
Opening Quote:
“The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing.”
— Henry Ford (quoted by Luke Alvez)
Closing Quote:
“Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes.”
— Oscar Wilde (quoted by Luke Alvez)
Season 12, Episode 15 – “Alpha Male”
Opening Quote:
“The alpha male is not the biggest or strongest, but the one who leads.”
— Traditional Proverb (quoted by David Rossi)
Closing Quote:
“Leadership is not about being in charge. It’s about taking care of those in your charge.”
— Simon Sinek (quoted by David Rossi)
Season 12, Episode 16 – “Assistance Is Futile”
Opening Quote:
“Resistance is futile.”
— Star Trek: The Next Generation (quoted by Penelope Garcia)
Closing Quote:
“The only way to win is not to play.”
— WarGames (quoted by Penelope Garcia)
Season 12, Episode 17 – “In the Dark”
Opening Quote:
“The darkest hour is just before the dawn.”
— Thomas Fuller (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 12, Episode 18 – “Hell’s Kitchen”
Opening Quote:
“The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who, in times of great moral crisis, maintain their neutrality.”
— Dante Alighieri (quoted by Luke Alvez)
Closing Quote:
“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.”
— Edmund Burke (quoted by Luke Alvez)
Season 12, Episode 19 – “True North”
Opening Quote:
“Not all those who wander are lost.”
— J.R.R. Tolkien (quoted by Spencer Reid)
Closing Quote:
“The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness.”
— John Muir (quoted by Spencer Reid)
Season 12, Episode 20 – “Unforgettable”
Opening Quote:
“Memory is the diary we all carry about with us.”
— Oscar Wilde (quoted by Jennifer Jareau)
Closing Quote:
“The advantage of a bad memory is that one enjoys several times the same good things for the first time.”
— Friedrich Nietzsche (quoted by Jennifer Jareau)
Season 12, Episode 21 – “Green Light”
Opening Quote:
“So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.”
— F. Scott Fitzgerald (quoted by David Rossi)
Closing Quote:
“The past is never dead. It’s not even past.”
— William Faulkner (quoted by David Rossi)
Season 12, Episode 22 – “Red Light”
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)
