Stone quotes from Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

How did your father act when he wasn't happy with you?

He... He called me names.

What else?

He called me a baby.

What else?

He called me a fag and a pussy, alright?

Like when you couldn't shoot the deer.

Yeah, right.

He wasn't proud of you.

No. He said until further notice, I was a little girl. He called me Samantha. Threw one of Mom's dresses at me, told me to wear it.

Did he hit you?

No. He said I deserved it, though, but he'd never hit a girl.

The moment before you shot your classmates, what was going through your head?

[mutters] Be a man.

Can you speak up, Sam?

Be a man! This voice in my head kept saying, "Do it, be a man, be a man!" [jumps up from the stand, screaming at his father] BE A MAN! I DIDN'T FLINCH, ARE YOU HAPPY NOW?

[after losing in court] We tried, huh?

Benson

We lost the battle. Maybe we'll win the war.

This other woman, the one you saw saving your family from the suffering, did you say anything to her?

Excuse me?

You testified that it was like watching another woman. I just want to know if you spoke to her before she stabbed your husband and your children.

No.

Did you try to stop her?

She wasn't real.

But you thought she was, isn't that right? I mean, that's your proof that you're insane.

No, I didn't try to stop her.

Because you wanted them dead, isn't that right?

Because I wanted to protect them. They're better off now.

Better off than what?

From facing a world without...

Without what, Mrs. Mill?

Isn't it obvious?

No, it's not.

Without me!

[disgusted] I've got news for you, Mrs. Mill... You're not so great.

Objection!

Sustained.

I sheltered them. I protect them. It is a hard world, Mr. Stone, and I didn't want to watch my babies be swallowed up by it!

Then why didn't you just kill yourself?

To have any chance at trial, I'm going to have to convince Kayla to testify.

Benson

No arm-twisting, Peter.

[smiles] Don't worry. I've been watching someone who's pretty damn good at this.

Benson

Peter, I'm sorry for everything you went through, and I'm sorry if it seemed like I doubted you.

Don't be. That's why I work with you. The thing is, when all the noise was going on, there was a moment where I doubted myself.

As a boy, Infinity was forced to listen while his father raped his mother.

Benson

That explains the pathology, but I don't think any of that was in the books.

Ben Stone knew that?

My father was obsessed. He kept everything, letter after letter. Look, Infinity even sent him a Father's Day card.

Benson

[reading] "Dear Ben, a happy Father's Day. Signed, the Infinity symbol". Take a look.

[moved] Ben Stone kept this?

Yeah, he did. He kept it in an evidence file so it wouldn't smudged or torn. Of course, the idiot sent a card with golf clubs. My father never played a game of gangry]olf in his life.

Infinity couldn't have known...

Right, because he knew nothing about my father.

They had a relationship!

Benson

There was no relationship.

All those hours Ben Stone spent on the case. He spent more time with Infinity than with his own family.

Benson

Ben Stone cared about the women who were raped. He cared about getting justice for them. You're confused.

If you thought this was about you, then you're more insane than I thought.

No! That's not true! I know!

Benson

You know what?

[pause] I would wait outside the D.A.'s office until the light in his office went out. Some nights, he wouldn't even get in his car until after midnight. It was me he cared about, not you! Me! It was me he loved!

Cassidy

I'm damaged goods, Stone. I see it every time I look in the mirror.

I think you should talk to Liv.

Cassidy

No. She can't know about this. You have to promise me you won't tell her.

She can help you.

Cassidy

No! She's the only person who ever saw any good in me. I need that. I can't not have that.

[about Howard] I love him like a wife loves a husband.

Like your mother loved him.

That's right.

What do you think she would say about your marriage?

She'd be happy that I found a good man, just like she did.

You mean the same man, don't you?

You don't know anything! Before mom died, she told me to take care of him.

I doubt this is what she meant.

I'm only here because you swore you wouldn't ask me to testify.

I'm not.

So, what do you want?

The same thing you want - Rob Miller behind bars.

How the hell are we gonna do that?

We're gonna break a couple of rules.

Benson

Peter, thank you.

Why? Because I put my career and everything I believe in in jeopardy for a good friend?

Benson

Yes, yes, and I didn't ask for this.

I know you didn't ask for it. I did it anyway. I was always gonna do it. I hope you find someone like that again.

Benson

What does that mean?

Look at what I just did in there. Now, I don't regret any of it, not for a minute. I simply lost perspective. This is on me. It's a weakness and a crack in my character, but the fact is, you became more important to me than the case I was trying, and that is not me, Liv. You can look a case with an open heart. I can't do that.

Benson

I...

Stop! I have to look at a case through clear eyes.

Benson

Hold on...

Stop. Just listen. I have to move on. I have to go, or risk getting blinded again.