Deb: If Dad taught us one thing, it's the value of human life.
Dexter: (voice over) Yeah, but I think we had different homework assignments.

Rita: (referring to the Bay Harbor Butcher) You know, I hope they catch him today, and I'm not a violent person, but I hope they hurt him. (turns to kiss Dexter) Have a good day.
Dexter: (voice over) Make up your mind.

Rita: (about her mother) You'll like her, Dexter. She's great. She's a very strong woman.
Dexter: I'll keep that in mind in case I have any heavy lifting to do.

Lila: If we get caught, you can flash your badge.
Dexter: I don't have a badge, I have a laminate.

(voice over) Anything I can do to overburden Masuka is to my advantage. Trust me, I'm not above sending pizza and hookers to his house in the middle of the night.

I just know there's something dark in me. I hide it. I certainly don't talk about it. But it's there. Always. This dark passenger. And when he's driving, I feel...alive. Half sick with the thrill, complete wrongness. I don't fight him. I don't want to. He's all I've got. Nothing else could love me, not even, especially not me. Or is that just the lie the dark passenger tells me? Because lately, there are these moments when I feel...connected to something else, someone. And it's like the mask is slipping...and things...people...who never mattered before, are suddenly starting to matter. It scares the hell out of me.

Angel: You know, Pasquale is just caught in a cycle of reaction. She's not co-creating her own reality.
Dexter: You know those words don't actually mean anything, right?

Masuka: Say it.
Dexter: (sighs) You're my daddy?
Masuka: Sounds weird when you say it.

Dexter: So you're single?
Brunette: (hesitates) Yeah...
Dexter: Makes it tougher to afford those big-ticket items, like cars and... houses. You rent an apartment?
Brunette: A house. You know, I hate sharing walls. You can hear everything.
Dexter: Tell me about it. No pets though, right?
Brunette: Is this a come-on? Because it's a little weird.
Dexter: Must be why I'm still single. (leaves abruptly)

Lundy: First report from the field had these parts as coming from one body.
Dexter: (voice over) Actually it's two.
Lundy: Actually it's two.

Mack: So gators giving you trouble, Dex?
Dexter: They, uh, ate my puppy.

Mack: (hands Dexter two tranquilizer guns) So which will it be?
Dexter: Both.
Mack: Excellent.

Dexter Quotes

The only real question I have is why in a building full of cops, all supposedly with a keen insight to the human soul, is Doakes the only one who gets the creep from me.

Dexter Morgan

I think this is a friendly message like, "Hey! wanna play?" and yes I wanna play. I really really do.

Dexter Morgan