Olivia Benson quotes from Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Dr. Huang

Some geneticists theorise that violence is inherited.

Benson

It's not my fault. I was just born to kill.

Benson

[about a man who was convicted of rape and murder] Does he have a choice? Does anyone?

Dr. Huang

You don't hurt people, Olivia. You protect them. You're proof that we do have a choice.

Benson

Or ... or maybe I'm just lucky.

Benson

What exactly is a gorgon?

Dr. Huang

Are you familiar with Medusa?

Stabler

Glenn's abuser is a woman.

Who died?

Stabler

Dorothy Rudd.

Please tell me you're kidding.

Munch

Just got a call from Rikers. Massive heart attack.

Fin

Bitch didn't even suffer.

Anybody else feel cheated?

Benson

Prosecution abated by death. Sucks.

Stabler

That's it. No vindication, nobody pays.

Any alarm bells going off on the husband?

Stabler

Several. He's hiding something.

Benson

Getting off while choking isn't something you share with friends and family. People are always shocked when they get that kind of news.

Stabler

[about his marital troubles] It never goes away, y'know? Each case a little more horrific than the last. I go home, what am I supposed to do, talk about my day at work? "Honey, today a guy cut a baby out of his wife's stomach. Pass the gravy, please."

Benson

So you just don't talk at all? That's no solution, Elliot.

Stabler

One of us has to be able to sleep at night. She thinks I'm shutting her out.

Benson

You are. That's exactly what you do. You keep this up, you're gonna ruin the best thing you've ever had.

Benson

[about the dead bodies in the park] He's got a wedding ring. Is this a married couple?

Stabler

Trust me, married couples don't have sex in parks.

Fin

All right, nice dress.

Benson

Yeah, it was a nice date. Where's Munch?

Fin

He banged in sick.

Benson

He's such a hypochondriac. How many times has he had anthrax this week?

Fin

I can't wait to hear this.

Munch

Your sympathy is overwhelming.

Benson

What happened to you?

Munch

Skydiving, hard landing.

Stabler

He wiped out riding his friend's Harley.

Now the only thing he'll be riding is a desk.

Benson

These cases have too much in common. Same area, same time of night...

Fin

Paula Grace was front page news. There's enough details for Franscesca to fake hers.

Benson

There is no way that she could have faked being that traumatised. I'm telling you Captain, this woman was raped.

Fin

I just don't want to send the rat squad on some witch hunt and screw some innocent cop.

Benson

Neither do I.

Fin

Could have been anybody in a uniform, didn't have to be a real cop.

Benson

Doesn't matter. This woman is a rape victim until we prove otherwise.

Munch

Tell me again how my partner failed to get his weapon re-certification?

Benson

He choked!

Fin

I didn't choke!

Benson

Okay. You got poor marks for shooting off your gun early.

Munch

It happens to everybody. You know, they have a pill for that now.

Since when is oral sex not sex?

Benson

Since Bill Clinton said it wasn't.

Benson

Your friends are scared and in pain just like you, Cynthia, but they don't have half of your resilience and half of your courage.

Sure.

Benson

You were raped and you went to that hospital all by yourself. Do you know that there are grown women who couldn't cope with that situation the way you have?

Really?

Benson

Yeah, really.

Benson

He, uh, really seems to favor that one position.

Stabler

Least he's consistent.

Benson

Boring, I think, is the word you're looking for.

Benson

Three fireplaces. Guy could have come in through the chimney.

Stabler

Maybe we should be looking for a guy in a red suit.