Laurel quotes from Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Laurel

You can wear a badge and you can carry a gun, Lieutenant, but there's going to come a moment of weakness. The big fish eat the little fish and there's not a damn thing you can do about it.

Laurel

You know what I remember? When he... That stupid National Geographic special. The antelope going after the cheetah, sinking his teeth into their warm flesh... I was thinking about the animals that got away. You'd think they'd learn, right? But there they are the next day, running right across the plains...

Benson

Laurel, I want you to know that this is a very common first reaction, to blame yourself. But it's wrong.

Laurel

Not to the cheetah, it's not.

Laurel

Why do you do this? It's pity, right? You pity the pitiful.

Benson

You couldn't be more wrong.

Laurel

And you're not Jesus! You can't save me! You can't make it go away. No matter what you say, the pain, the humiliation. It's never gonna go away.

Benson

Laurel, I have been doing this a long time and I'm pretty sure that you feel alone.

Laurel

I feel pure and utter hatred. You can't know.

Benson

Laurel, I know all about hate.

Laurel

Really? Did someone force your legs open? Did they lie on top of you like you're nothing more than a mattress and then force themselves into you like a knife? Stabbing your soul over and over and over again? Pity isn't going to bring my soul back nor is false sympathy or whatever it is you're doing right here.

Benson

But your soul's not dead, Laurel, and I think that I'm here to help you understand that. This I know. Your soul is not dead.