Churlish: The way McGrath tells it, I have 30 days. 3-0.
Benson: To do what?
Churlish: To impress you.

Muncy: Why did you get divorced?
Abby: I thought he'd change. He thought I wouldn't.

Benson: Your brother is way too good at this.
Muncy: He just knows how to code-switch.
Velasco: He's fluent in meathead.

I survived losing my husband. I can survive losing my best friend. But I will not lose this trial.

Zoe

Jenna: Love is messy. Sometimes it means commitment to someone who can't take care of themselves.
Muncy: Yeah, commitment, not sexual assault.

Zoe: I didn't know it was her. I feel so stupid.
Benson: It's called willful blindness. I've had more than my share.

Jenna: I feel bad. I was the one who pushed Zoe to get back on the market. My marriage is pretty boring. I wanted to live vicariously through her.
Benson: Life is a strange mix of beauty and pain and we can't control how it unfolds for the people we love.

Muncy: Captain, I noticed that Velasco's motorcycle isn't parked outside for the third day in a row.
Benson: Great work, detective, but I told you that Velasco is taking a few days off.

Fin: All this says to me is Velasco did his research on this case for his lie.
Benson: That's a lot of homework for a mid-level banger.

He is the textbook definition of an unreliable witness.

Benson

I'd rather die in prison. The second the cell doors close, I won't remember why I was there. That boy will remember everything. Some memories are worse than prison.

Pence

Cop: Hey, sir! I asked you a question. What do you remember?
Pence: I did it. I made love to her and then I killed her. I remember it all.

Law & Order: SVU Quotes

Benson: Thank you for coming forward.
Woman: What this company is doing, the way it treats women pilots, is despicable. But what you're doing... it's about damn time.

We have two options. One is bad. The other is worse. Either we missed one or... Yeats has a copycat.

Benson