I have watched every single episode of this crime procedural and I am sad that it is in its final season!

Did you watch the premiere the other day? I won’t give you any spoilers, but it was AMAZING!

These Criminal Minds quotes won’t help you answer, “What is the best Criminal Minds episode?”; however, they do come from some of the top contenders!

I’m sure you are probably wondering who Spence’s new love interest will be, but thankfully it isn’t going to be J.J. (that was terrible)!

Criminal Minds has taught us much about life, suffering, and the human capacity for evil over the last 15 seasons. It has also given us glimpses of the power of forgiveness and hope.

The showrunners have also crushed our hearts and souls due to their treatment of a certain attractive young doctor…but it’s not like I actually stopped watching the show (Erica Messer, I came so close!).

Now might actually be a great time to go stream some earlier episodes and really enjoy these Criminal Minds quotes!

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Criminal Minds Quotes about life and suffering

1. “Life is a hell of a thing to happen to someone”― David Rossi

2. “I know what it’s like to be afraid of your own mind.” ― Dr. Spencer Reid

3. “Forgiveness does not change the past, but it does enlarge the future. Paul Boese.” (Season 9)

4. “Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of overcoming it. Helen Keller.” (Episode 5, Season 2)

5. “When you have a child, the world has a hostage.” Ernest Hemingway” (Season 14, Episode 8)

6. “Destroying a book is like…destroying a whole world.” — Diana Reid 

7. “You’d be surprised how many killers do what they do because of their parents.” — Dr. Spencer Reid

Criminal Minds quotes that leave us feeling hopeful

8. “Trust me, kiddo. I’ve been here before.” ― David Rossi

9. “Convictions are more dangerous foes of truth than lies.” Friedrich Nietzsche” (Season 13, Episode 21)

10. “Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.” Mark Twain.”(Season 13, Episode 20)

11. “It’s alchemy. Alchemy turns common metals into precious ones. Dreams work the same way. Turning something awful into…something better.” — David Rossi 

12. “I’ve always heard every ending is also a beginning. We just don’t know it at the time. I’d like to believe that’s true.” — Emily Prentiss 

13. “Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls. The most massive characters are seared with scars. Khalil Gibran.” (Episode 2, Season 3)
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Some of the funniest Criminal Minds quotes

14. “He is the perfect man. He doesn’t hog the covers, and he poops in a box.” — Emily Prentiss 

15. “When Garcia can’t find a breadcrumb, it’s usually because the bread was never baked.” — Jennifer Jareau 

16. “That is a new deal and as fast as a caffeinated cheetah riding a lightning bolt, I am on it!” — Penelope Garcia 

17. “Went on a diet last night. Lost 185 pounds.” — Dr. Tara Lewis 

18. “Marital bliss followed by marital diss! Of course. Why didn’t I think of that?” — Penelope Garcia

19. “I don’t take kindly to being blown up. In fact, it kind of pisses me off.” — Derek Morgan 

20. “And so the guessing game begins! From what nook or cranny will our new missing head roll out?” — David Rossi 

21. “Look at me. Without a gun, I look like a teacher’s assistant!” ― Dr. Spencer Reid 

22. “I got shot in the leg and I don’t get any cookies.”  ― Dr. Spencer Reid

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Criminal Minds quotes about evil

23. “Evil can’t be scientifically defined: it’s an illusory moral concept that doesn’t exist in nature. Its origins and connotations have been inextricably been linked to religion and mythology.” ― Dr. Spencer Reid

24. “You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you’ve really stopped to look fear in the face. You must do the thing which you think you cannot do. ― Hotch

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25. “Look, of all the serial killer types, the ones I find most dangerous are the hyper-intelligent ones that get off more on the mind games than the killing. They’re like vampires, ready to suck your soul dry and file your information away for a rainy day.” — Dr. Tara Lewis 

26. “Aside from being slightly morally repugnant, he’s clean as a whistle. If that whistle was slightly morally repugnant.” — Penelope Garcia 

27. “Logic dictates that if you believe in one, you have to reconcile the existence of the other.” ― Dr. Spencer Reid

28. “Evil is always unspectacular and always human. And shares our bed…and eats at our table. W.H Auden.” (Season 1, Episode 12)

29. “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for the good men to do nothing. Edmund Burke.” (Season 7, Episode 22)

Criminal Minds quotes on the facts we only know because of Spence

30. “Actually, some studies indicate that men take twice as many selfies as women ’cause it’s considered to be an acceptable form of male vanity.” — Dr. Spencer Reid 

31. “Although the observable universe is continually expanding, there’s really no way of knowing the whole thing is gonna ultimately collapse into one gargantuan Black Hole.” — Dr. Spencer Reid 

32. “The praying mantis can kill and eat a multitude of creatures but the most interesting fact is that oftentimes the female mantis engages in sexual cannibalism, meaning she’ll bite off the head of her mate once copulation is complete, sometimes even during intercourse, actually.” — Dr. Spencer Reid 

33. “The number of pathogens passed during a handshake is staggering. It’s actually safer to kiss.” — Dr. Spencer Reid 

34. “The business of incarceration is extremely lucrative and virtually recession-proof.” — Dr. Spencer Reid 

35. “Actually, [candles] were originally used to protect the birthday celebrant from demons for the coming year. As a matter of fact, down to the fourth century, Christianity rejected the birthday celebration as a pagan ritual.” — Dr. Spencer Reid 

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Thought-provoking opening and closing Criminal Minds quotes

36. “How people treat you is their karma; how you react is yours. Wayne Dyer.” (Episode 8, Season 10)

37. “There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power. They are messengers of overwhelming grief and unspeakable love. Washington Irving.” (Episode 11, Season 5)

38. “Death ends a life, not a relationship. Mitch Albom.” (Episode 6, Season 9)

39. “The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched—they must be felt with the heart. Helen Keller.” (Episode 12, Season 6)

40. “Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world. Albert Einstein.” (Episode 4, Season 1)

41. “One of the deep secrets in life is that all that is really worth doing is what we do for others. Lewis Carroll.” (Episode 3, Season 8)

42. “In order to learn the most important lessons in life, one must each day surmount a fear. Ralph Waldo Emerson.” (Episode 10, Season 2)

43. “No man really knows about other human beings. The best he can do is to suppose that they are like himself. John Steinbeck.” (Season 11, Episode 21)

44. “When you look long into an abyss, the abyss looks into you. Friedrich Nietzsche.” (Season 9, Episode 14)

45. “Stephen King wrote, “The most important things are the hardest to say.”” — Krystall Richards 

46. “It is impossible to suffer without making someone pay for it; every complaint already contains revenge. Friedrich Nietzsche.” — Dr. Spencer Reid 

47. “The most important question anyone can ask is: What myth am I living?” (Season 14, Episode 5)

48. “We live in a fantasy world, a world of illusion. The great task in life is to find reality. Iris Murdoch.” (Season 14, Episode 4)

49. “Birds sing after a storm. Why shouldn’t people feel as free to delight in whatever sunlight remains to them? Rose Kennedy.” (Episode 4, Season 1)

50. “Hope is the thing with feathers, that perches in the soul, and sings the tune without the words, and never stops at all. Emily Dickinson.” (Episode 16, Season 5)

More Criminal Minds quotes

51. “Scars remind us where we’ve been. They don’t have to dictate where we’re going.” – David Rossi

52. “When truth is buried underground it grows, it chokes, it gathers such an explosive force that on the day it bursts out, it blows up everything with it.” – Émile Zola

53. “Things are not always what they seem; the first appearance deceives many. The intelligence of a few perceives what has been carefully hidden.” – Phaedrus

54. “Remember, we are our own griefs, my dear, we are our own happiness and we are our own remedies.” – Huseyn Raza

55. “Just thugs only ever got so far. The best thugs were all psychologists.” – China Miéville

56. “He was ready to go but I wasn’t ready to say goodbye.” – Alex Blake

57. “Life is a hell of a thing to happen to a person.” – David Rossi

58. “To the sexual offender, possession is power, and total possession is absolute power.” – Stephen G. Michaud

Criminal Minds Quotes by Famous People

59. “The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary. Men alone are quite capable of every wickedness.” — Joseph Conrad

60. “The farther backward you can look, the farther forward you can see.” — Winston Churchill

61. “Try again, fail again. Fail better.” — Samuel Beckett

62. “Nothing is so common as the wish to be remarkable.” — William Shakespeare

63. “The question that sometimes drives me hazy: Am I, or the others crazy?” — Albert Einstein

64. “What we do for ourselves dies with us. What we do for others and the world remains and is immortal.” — Albert Pine

65. “In the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.” — Abraham Lincoln

66. “It has been said that time heals all wounds. I do not agree. The wounds remain. In time, the mind, protecting its sanity, covers them with scar tissue, and the pain lessens, but it is never gone.” — Rose Kennedy

67. “Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.” — Oscar Wilde

68. “It’s not so important who starts the game, but who finishes it.” — Erich Fromm

Which of these Criminal Minds quotes is your favorite?

What are your thoughts on how they will end season 15 of Criminal Minds? Will Reid finally be able to have a lasting relationship that the fans will believe?

Are J.J. and Will going to be alright? Will Morgan and Baby Girl reunite for a final time? The suspense is killing me! I am hopeful that the powers that be will do the end justice.

Thankfully, there are “just a few” seasons to rewatch while I wait until Wednesday!

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