Sara Sidle quotes from CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

Life's like holding a dove. You hold it too hard...

... you kill it.

Hold it too soft...

Sara

... and it'll fly away.

S1 E8 Anonymous

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We're going off the board, tonight.

Sara

Off the board?

The ones that got away. [Gestures to the fish shaped bulletin board] Fish.

Sara

Oh. I missed that one.

S1 E8 Anonymous

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Sara

I take it that's not blood.

No but there's protein in it.

Sara

Oh, the Mile High Club. That means that 2 passengers may have had no idea what was going on inside that cabin.

You know high altitude enhances the whole sexual experience, increases the euphoria.

Sara

Well, it's good...I don't know if it's that good.[Grissom shoots her a look] Cite your source.

Hand me a swab please.

Sara

[Smirks]] You're avoiding the question, "enhances sexual experience, increases euphoria" cite your source.

A magazine.

Sara

What magazine?

"Applied Psycho-dynamics in Forensic Science"

Sara

Never heard of it.

I'll get you a subscription. Now cite your source.

Sara

Oh, now you want to go down that route?

Yeah.

Sara

Nah, never mind.

You started it. [Raises his eyebrows as if to say "Well?"]

Sara

Delta airlines, flight 1109, Boston- Miami, March 93, Ken Fuller, hazel eyes, organic chem lab TABMOC, overrated in...every aspect...Could we get back to work please?

Yeah, I think due to your first hand knowledge and experience in airplane bathrooms, you should do the swab.

Sara

Fine.

S1 E9 Unfriendly Skies

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Well, in this case we're going to recreate the flight from ... 1630 hours on. [points to Brass] You are in 4B.

Brass

Lou.

Lou -- the angry businessman. How about that?

Brass

[Sarcastic] Ha ha.

Sara

I want to be Shannon.

Good.

The stewardess.

Sara

Excuse me, it's "Flight Attendant".

Catherine, the doctor, 3E.

Single mom. What an imagination you have.

[points to Nick and Warrick] Max and Marlene, 2E and F. You two are married. Who wants to wear the pants?

CSI-3 seniority, "sweetie".

Yeah, whatever. You're henpecked anyway.

Sara

[To Grissom] Let me guess; you're the computer geek.

In the interest of clarity, yes. Nate in 2C.

S1 E9 Unfriendly Skies

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Sara

I don't care what you say. I could never take a life.

It was between him or me, I could. What about you, Nick?

I don't know.

[walks in with Grissom] Wow, looks deathly serious in here.

Sara

[smiling sweetly] Oh, we were just talking about murder and whether or not we would commit it. I couldn't, Warrick could, and Nick's on the ropes. We're taking an exit poll.

Catherine, you're a mother. You and Lindsey are on that plane. How far do you go?

All the way.

Sara

(surprised) You didn't even hesitate.

That's right. If it involves the protection of my child I fight to the death.

See? We have four people here, all with different opinions. Think of how the passengers must have felt.

Sara

What do you think, Grissom?

(beat) I can't answer that question.

That's a cop-out. It's a simple question. What would you have done if you had been one of those passengers?

It's not about that. You all have different opinions but you've taken the same point of view. You've put yourself in the shoes of the passengers, but nobody's put themselves in the shoes of the victim. That's the point.

Sara

I'm sorry. What are you saying?

Nobody stopped to ask Candlewell if he was all right. They just assumed, because he was kicking the back of Nate's seat, that he was a jerk. Because he was pushing his call button, that he was bothering the Flight Attendant. Because he was trying to get into the lavatory, he was making a scene. Because he was going back and forth up and down the aisles, he was posing a threat.

He was a threat.

No. He turned into a threat. It didn't have to be that way. People make assumptions. That's the problem. You just did. And I think these passengers made the wrong assumption and now this guy's dead.

Well, if that's your stance how could it have been prevented?

If just one person had stopped and taken the time to look at the guy to listen to him, to figure out what was wrong with him, it might not have happened. It took five people to kill him. It would have only taken one person to save his life.

S1 E9 Unfriendly Skies

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You've still got to convince a jury.

Sara

On guns. It's got to be better than bugs. Less Latin.

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Sara

You're the one who's always saying it's better to have one piece of forensic evidence than ten eyewitnesses.

What, do you tape everything I say?

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SSScott Shelton

[after Sara discovers blood that has been wiped clean off the wall] I have no idea how it got there.

Sara

Oh... How it got there was when you shot your wife in the head, wrapped her in a blanket and left her on the side of a mountain. Dead!

[points her finger in his face]

SSScott Shelton

Get that finger out of my face bitch!

[they fight]

Brass

Stop! That's enough! [to Grissom] Get her under control!

Get him out of here, Jim!

SSScott Shelton

Told you she was a handful.

Sara

Oh, you don't know a handful!

Hey, Sara, what's the matter with you?

Sara

I am a woman, and I have a gun and look how he treated me! I can only imagine how he treated his wife!

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You have empathy for her, Sara. You want someone to pay for what was done to her. That's normal.

Sara

You want to sleep with me?

Did you just say what I think you did?

Sara

That way, when I wake up in cold sweat under the blanket, hearing Kaye's screams ... You can tell me it's nothing. It's just empathy.

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Sara

Any idea how long she's been dead?

Doc Robbins

The elements really got to her. Grissom and his insects are going to have to figure that one out. (Doc Robbins turns around and sees Grissom picking up a bug from the body) Have we lost you, Grissom?

" The worms crawl in, the worms crawl out, the worms play pinochle on your snout."

Sara

Shakespeare again?

An old nursery rhyme.

Doc Robbins

A very special insect, Dr. Seuss?

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Hey, how's the body with the bugs?

How do you know about that already? (he turns around and looks at Sara)

Sara

Hey, don't look at me.

We, uh, played a hunch; checked with homicide. You were late.

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Sara

I hate bees.

Just paper wasps. They're having too much fun to worry about us.

Sara

I never get used to this part, you know when the bugs get going.

Just doing what god intended, recycling us back to the earth.

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You've still got to convince a jury.

Sara

On guns. It's got to be better than bugs. Less Latin.

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Sara

You're the one who said one piece of evidence is better than ten eyewitnesses.

What do you tape everything I say?

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Sara

Grissom reinstated you.

And you have a problem with that.

Sara

Let me guess. Grissom gets you to dime yourself off and now you both feel better? You're supposed to be in court. Instead, you're placing bets for a cheap thrill to satisfy nothing.