Stella Bonasera quotes from CSI: NY

Stella

You can take the girl out of high school, but you can't take the scars of high school out of the girl.

Stella Bonasera

When are these killers ever going to learn? You never leave a paper trail.

Stella

He'd never even been to my apartment. That was one of my rules, 'no guys in the apartment' in case something goes bad. That way I always have a safe place to go back to.

Stella

He'd never even been to my place. That's one of my rules, 'no men in my place' just in case things goes bad. I always have a safe place to go home to.

Det. Stella Bonasera

That woman burned beyond recognition in your car, was a DETECTIVE!

Stella

(to Lindsay) Size two will get you in.

Stella Bonasera

What makes someone want to run 26.2 miles anyway?

Detective Stella Bonasera

That's just... [thinks for a brief moment] not possible.

Detective Stella Bonasera

What makes someone want to run 26.2 miles anyway?

Detective Stella Bonasera

College tuition: $40,000. Room and Board: $10,000. Puking and passing out on your parent's dime: Priceless.

Stella Bonasera

This case is different. Hell, I'm different. I know what it's like to be trapped in your home. And I have a vivid memory of that horrible moment when you realize the only way out is a bullet. I have no choice but to be emotionally involved in this case.

Detective Stella Bonasera

[to Grace Thomason] Framing a man with known mental problems, very imaginative. But then, you're a therapist. You'd know who to pick.

Stella

I hate the view from this side of the tape.

Stella

[Walking into a room where various lab technicians are smoking cigarettes.] Hawkes, what are we playing, who gets cancer first?

Detective Stella Bonasera

It's not illegal to be a sociopath.