We create our own destiny every day we live.

Long after you're executed, they'll still have to go through life with your name branded across their foreheads.

Harry

Deb: I love you.
Dexter: I'm so thankful.

Arthur: You think you're better than I am?
Dexter: No. But I want to be.

I've watched 67 people die, and at the moment of truth I looked into their eyes and I knew - and they knew - they got what they deserved. But what if that's not what happens, if you don't get what you deserve?

His wife just died; he's submitting a lab report.

Quinn

I wish that it was just my mom and me and Cody and Harrison because we all would have been better off if she'd never met you.

Astor

She had a big heart, big enough for the both of us, had to be, I wasn't even human when we first met.

Dexter [on Rita]

I've imagined her naked plenty times, but never like this.

Masuka

She died a brutal death, and I can't fix it. But I know I have to try, here in Miami with the people who knew her, who cared about her, who loved her.

It's like when you get on a plane, they tell you if the oxygen masks come down, to put yours on first before taking care of the kids. I need to take care of my own needs, too. Otherwise, I'll be spinning out of control. That's not good for any one.

You come along and become a part of the family and we thought everything was going to be good forever. You made us think that! And it's not true; things got worse.

Astor

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