If I can get the crotchety, judgmental babysitter from Ireland to trust me, why not you?

I want to believe that smile, that watching your mother die hasn't changed you the way that watching mine changed me.

Dexter [on Harrison]

Dexter: Harry's right. I have to convince Lumen to do what I never could: to move on.

Not even a year old you're already destroying evidence...and having to flee the scene of the crime.

Don't you have to have a soul before it's in crisis?

Deb [to Masuka]

We all have our own ways of expressing ourselves. I have my ink, and you have your man boots.

Masuka

I can't get revenge for Rita's death, but I can help Lumen avenge what was done to her.

Lumen: Why do you have that in your purse?
Dexter: It's not a purse.

Hey, f---wad, taking the scenic route?

Deb

Dexter: I remember your first words: shoes. You were very girly once upon a time.
Deb: That's funny. I always remember my first words as being, 'Hurry the f--- up.'

Masuka: I have two words: autoerotic mummification

Lumen didn't witness her mother's murder, but she was born in blood like me. Some experiences are so big they change your DNA.

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