(to Rudy) Rest in peace. I am.

Dexter: See you've been benched.
Deb: LaGuerta's just jealous the Ice Truck Killer fucked me instead of her.
Dexter: Wow, you're chipper.

(voice over) Some gangs earn teardrops of blood by killing. I understand, we all need our keepsakes. One man's tattoos are another man's blood slides.

This is what it must feel like to walk in full sunlight, my darkness revealed, my shadow self embraced. Yeah, they see me. I'm one of them... In their darkest dreams.

I've lived in darkness a long time. Over the years, my eyes adjusted until the dark became my world and I could see. But then Rudy turned on the light. He flooded my memory and now I'm blind.

[narrated, in reference to Doakes] My devil danced with his demon and the fiddler's tune is far from over.

Rita Bennett: I got your message. How's Debra?
Dexter Morgan: Hmm, she has all her limbs.
Rita Bennett: Thank God she is alive. That poor thing must be a mess, falling for a serial killer.
Dexter Morgan: What are the odds?

Dexter Morgan: His happy place. Where he kills more than time.
Vince Masuka: Hey Dexter, better bundle up.
Dexter Morgan: I like the cold.
Vince Masuka: You know, hypothermia can easily sneak up on you.
Dexter Morgan: Yea, so can hypochondria.

His happy place. Where he kills more than time.

Deb: (about Rudy) He sent me this text message.
Dexter: (reading text message) "Cum sail away with me"? He misspelled come.

Dexter: Deb's fallen for you hard, and if you hurt her...
Rudy: What you'll hurt me? Oohhh...
Dexter: Yeah, something like that.

The trifecta, weapon, ammo, and impaired judgment. Throw in a little domestic violence, and you have the perfect recipe for a family slaughter.

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