Paul: If they see me here, like this, I'm gonna lose them forever.
Rita: Paul, the one good thing that came out of our marriage are those kids. And I know you love them. But if you want to have any kind of real relationship with them, it has to be with the father they have, not the father they wish they had.

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.

Being a father and being a husband are two very different things.

Rita: If you don't get sleep, it won't be your keys that get lost. It'll be your mind.
Dexter: I love that years ago.

Rita: Car pools and swimming pools? How much are we living the dream?
Dexter: So much.

Sometimes bad things just happen.

I need a partner, Dexter. Someone I can trust. Unless you can be completely honest with me, I don't want to do this anymore.

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