Explore the powerful and thought-provoking quotes that concluded each episode of Season 2. These memorable lines offer insight into the minds of the characters, the themes of each case, and the psychology behind the stories.
Season 2, Episode 1 – “The Fisher King (Part 2)”
Opening Quote: “The defects and faults of the mind are like wounds in the body; after all imaginable care has been taken to heal them up, still there will be a scar left behind.” — François de La Rochefoucauld (quoted by Jason Gideon)
Closing Quote: “It has been said that time heals all wounds. I do not agree. The wounds remain. In time, the mind, protecting its sanity, covers them with scar tissue and the pain lessens. But it is never gone.” — Rose Kennedy (quoted by Spencer Reid)
Episode 2 – “P911”
Quote: “The test of the morality of a society is what it does for its children.” — Dietrich Bonhoeffer (quoted by Jason Gideon)
Episode 3 – “The Perfect Storm”
Opening Quote: “Of all the animals, man is the only one that is cruel. He is the only one that inflicts pain for the pleasure of doing it.” — Mark Twain (quoted by Jason Gideon)
Closing Quote: “Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.” — Khalil Gibran (quoted by Aaron Hotchner)
Episode 4 – “Psychodrama”
Quote: “Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.” — Oscar Wilde (quoted by Aaron Hotchner)
Episode 5 – “Aftermath”
Quote: “Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it.” — Helen Keller (quoted by Aaron Hotchner)
Episode 6 – “The Boogeyman”
Quote: “There is no formula for success except perhaps an unconditional acceptance of life and what it brings.” — Arthur Rubinstein (quoted by Jason Gideon)
Episode 7 – “North Mammon”
Quote: “It’s not so important who starts the game but who finishes it.” — John Wooden (quoted by Jason Gideon)
Episode 8 – “Empty Planet”
Quote: “The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary. Men alone are quite capable of every wickedness.” — Joseph Conrad (quoted by Jason Gideon)
Episode 9 – “The Last Word”
Opening Quote: “If men could only know each other, they would neither idolize nor hate.” — Elbert Hubbard (quoted by Aaron Hotchner)
Closing Quote: “All through history, there have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they can seem invincible. But in the end, they always fall. Always.” — Mahatma Gandhi (quoted by Aaron Hotchner)
Episode 10 – “Lessons Learned”
Opening Quote: “Some of the best lessons are learned from past mistakes. The error of the past is the wisdom of the future.” — Dale Turner (quoted by Jason Gideon)
Closing Quote: “In order to learn the important lessons in life, one must, each day, surmount a fear.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson (quoted by Jason Gideon)
Episode 11 – “Sex, Birth, Death”
Opening Quote: “Between the idea and the reality, between the motion and the act, falls the shadow.” — T.S. Eliot (quoted by Spencer Reid)
Closing Quote: “Between the desire and the spasm, between the potency and the existence, between the essence and the descent, falls the shadow. This is the way the world ends.” — T.S. Eliot (quoted by Spencer Reid)
Episode 12 – “Profiler, Profiled”
Quote: “All secrets are deep. All secrets become dark. That’s in the nature of secrets.” — Cory Doctorow (quoted by Derek Morgan)
Episode 13 – “No Way Out”
Quote: “Evil brings men together.” — Aristotle (quoted by Jason Gideon)
Episode 14 – “The Big Game”
Quote: “I didn’t have anything against them, and they never did anything wrong to me, the way other people have all my life. Maybe they’re just the ones who have to pay for it.” — Perry Smith (quoted by Jason Gideon)
Episode 15 – “Revelations”
Quote: “There is not a righteous man on earth who does what is right and never sins.” — Ecclesiastes 7:20 (quoted by Aaron Hotchner)
Episode 16 – “Fear and Loathing”
Opening Quote: “From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate.” — Socrates (quoted by Jason Gideon)
Closing Quote: “The life of the dead is placed in the memory of the living.” — Cicero (quoted by Spencer Reid)
Episode 17 – “Distress”
Opening Quote: “Our life is made by the death of others.” — Leonardo da Vinci (quoted by Jason Gideon)
Closing Quote: “If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace.” — Thomas Paine (quoted by Aaron Hotchner)
Episode 18 – “Jones”
Quote: “Tragedy is a tool for the living to gain wisdom, not a guide by which to live.” — Robert Kennedy (quoted by Jason Gideon)
Episode 19 – “Ashes and Dust”
Opening Quote: “The torture of a bad conscience is the hell of a living soul.” — John Calvin (quoted by Aaron Hotchner)
Closing Quote: “Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” — Mahatma Gandhi (quoted by Aaron Hotchner)
Episode 20 – “Honor Among Thieves”
Opening Quote: “There can be no good without evil.” — Russian Proverb (quoted by Emily Prentiss)
Closing Quote: “Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” — Leo Tolstoy (quoted by Emily Prentiss)
Episode 21 – “Open Season”
Opening Quote: “One man’s wilderness is another man’s theme park.” — Unknown (quoted by Jason Gideon)
Closing Quote: “Wild animals never kill for sport. Man is the only one to whom the torture and death of his fellow creatures is amusing in itself.” — James Anthony Froude (quoted by Emily Prentiss)
Episode 22 – “Legacy”
Opening Quote: “Of all the preposterous assumptions of humanity, nothing exceeds the criticisms made of the habits of the poor by the well-housed, well-warmed, and well-fed.” — Herman Melville (quoted by Aaron Hotchner)
Closing Quote: “Nothing is permanent in this wicked world—not even our troubles.” — Charlie Chaplin (quoted by Jason Gideon)
Episode 23 – “No Way Out II: The Evilution of Frank”
Quote: “I choose my friends for their good looks, my acquaintances for their good characters, and my enemies for their good intellect.” — Oscar Wilde (quoted by Jason Gideon)
