Lady Heather quotes from CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

Lady Heather

It's just about knowing yourself, being strong and not taking any crap from powerful jerks who are used to giving it all day long.

Lady Heather

I can read anyone who walks through this door and know their desires. Sometimes even before they do.

Grissom

I'm that obvious, huh?

Lady Heather

Only because you try not to be.

Lady Heather

Go ahead, ask. "How can I do this for a living?"

Catherine

Oh, that's not what I was thinking. [pause] How much does this place clear a week?

Lady Heather

Ten grand.

Catherine

I'm not with the IRS.

Lady Heather

Okay. Twenty.

Catherine

I don't make that in…three months.

Lady Heather

Sex pays a lot better than death.

Catherine

Plus the outfits are cooler.

Lady Heather

Well, I have this genius tailor. Worked at the Desert Inn back in the day. I let him come in weekends and play human ashtray, he designs for me and my girls. It's a fair trade.

Catherine

You got a good thing going here. And the best part is that these guys think getting slapped around and humiliated is their fantasy.

Lady Heather

Like I told my daughter—

Catherine

You got a daughter?

Lady Heather

Eighteen this month. Freshman at Harvard.

Catherine

Really? Mine's seven.

Lady Heather

Oh, that's a great age.

Catherine

Yeah.

Lady Heather

When I thought Zoe was old enough to hear it, I told her, "Honey, there are a lot of things you can give a man. Your body, your time, even your heart. But the one thing you can never, ever, ever let go of is your power."

Catherine

All my mother ever said to me was "Cash up front."

Lady Heather

Don't take this the wrong way, but I think you've got everything it takes to make a great dominatrix.

Catherine

I take that as a compliment.

Lady Heather

Well you should. It's just about knowing yourself, being strong…and not taking any crap from powerful jerks who are used to giving it all day long.

Catherine

Well, death is still a man's business. And I don't have to tell you about police work.

Lady Heather

So how do you survive?

Catherine

By knowing myself. And working hard. And not taking any crap from powerful jerks who are used to giving it all day long.

Grissom

May we come in?

Lady Heather

Say the magic word...

Brass

Warrant.

Lady Heather

Unfortunately the language we speak in here doesn't necessarily translate to the world out there.

Grissom

No, in here, the submissive has the power... all he has to do is say the safety word and everything stops.

Lady Heather

Very good, Mr. Grissom.

Grissom

I'm just repeating what I've heard.

Lady Heather

You're a good listener.

Grissom

Part of the job.

Lady Heather

So, this is work?

Grissom

Yes, but I value your insight.

Lady Heather

I'm flattered...but you already seem to know the answers to your questions. You keep me in proximity when I walk away [She moves closer to him] and when I'm close you watch my lips. Are you losing your hearing?

Grissom

I'm losing my balance.

Lady Heather

Your sense of self?

Grissom

No, I know who I am.

Lady Heather

Do you?

Grissom

Yes... I do. [He touches one side of her cheek with one hand then the other with his other hand] You can always say "stop".

Lady Heather

So can you.

Heather

Doctor, you want legitimacy. You want to know that it's okay to lose the muzzle for a while. I can say this: The good Dr. Langston isn't going to catch Nate Haskell.

Ray

If I give in to my nature, I won't catch him. I will kill him.

Heather

Yes, you will.

Ray

What becomes of me then?