These people are nuttier than a fruitcake.

Jane

Jane: We are state law enforcement, and we leave when we want to leave.
Lisbon: We'll be going.
Jane: She want's to leave. You blew my cool.
Lisbon: I swear sometimes I think you need medication.

Lisbon: I don't even need my gun, I can just hit you with my chair.
Jane: I think you'll find it's bolted to the floor.

Jane: I need you to come visit me.
Lisbon: Why? We're busy.
Jane: Please Lisbon? It's really important, I need to see you. Also a blueberry muffin.

Lisbon: I feel hungry, because I skipped lunch. The new guy in the mail room is hot.
Jane: Is he?
Lisbon: Yeah.
Jane: Let's fast forward a little, later in the day.
Lisbon: Van Pelt is working late, she's a hard worker, she may do well if she manages to not sleep with Rigsby.

Tiger tiger burning bright in the forest of the night.

Red John

If there's one thing I can't tolerate is cheap imitations of my work.

Red John

Lisbon: You should make that call.
Jane: What call?
Lisbon: Right, like I'm not a detective too.

People do change Patrick, it's possible.

Kristina

What the hell are you thinking! Don't you understand who you are dealing with!

Jane

Red John is mine.

Jane

Oh come on! That's pretty good.

Jane

The Mentalist Season 2 Quotes

Jane: Can I please continue working with you?
Lisbon: I thought you were quitting.
Jane: You know I didn't mean that.
Lisbon: So the job is worth wile, is it?
Jane: Uh, it's not that. I mean, it' not that at all. It's just... I have nothing else to do.
Lisbon: No jokes. From now, there have to be boundaries.
Jane: Agreed.
Lisbon: I need to know that you can do your work and be effective without creating a mess that I have to clean up.
Jane: No mess, I swear.
Lisbon: On that basis, you can remain with the unit.
Jane: Thank you.

You're not a detective, you're a victim.

Bosco