Stabler: Something about this smells, doesn't it?
Benson: Yeah, kind of like a cop who hasn't showered in a few days.

Benson: You know, El, if there's one thing I've learned over t he years, it's that if we don't deal with our trauma, the world will.
Stabler: I'm not a victim.
Benson: No, but you are a survivor, and sometimes that's just as hard.

Benson: I wish you hadn't done that.
Stabler: He tried to kill you. I think I showed remarkable restraint.
Benson: He gave me his word that Noah is safe. Protect the case, not me.

Whalen: Since we have no other suspects...
Mrs. Scully: You're going to destroy our family?

Bell: While you were tucking your kids into bed, the woman who used to care for them was getting raped with the kids she now cares for in the next room.
Stabler: That's dark even for a sociopath.
Mrs. Scully: Where did you get your psychology degree?
Stabler: 30 years of human depravity.

Bell: Josh, you have no future in this business.
Stabler: But you can change what happens to you.

Stabler: You looked more excited here than you did in that lecture hall. How long have you been bored?
Rollins: The truth?
Stabler: You could lie, but I do interrogate people for a living.
Rollins: I love the students, but I do miss the thrill of a good mystery.

Law & Order: Organized Crime Season 3 Episode 21 Quotes

Benson: You know, El, if there's one thing I've learned over t he years, it's that if we don't deal with our trauma, the world will.
Stabler: I'm not a victim.
Benson: No, but you are a survivor, and sometimes that's just as hard.

Stabler: Something about this smells, doesn't it?
Benson: Yeah, kind of like a cop who hasn't showered in a few days.