Dexter quotes
468 total quotesDexter: [on Boyd] From the outside, a normal home is indistinguishable from the home of a monster who puts women in barrels.
Dexter: [on Jordan Chase] If that's the watch Lumen heard, I'll make sure it accompanies you to the bottom of the Atlantic.
Dexter: [voiceover about Harrison] He doesn't need Saint Brigid; he has father Dexter.
Dexter: [voiceover as he watches Lumen play with Harrison] Sometimes partners find us, and as much as we try to push them away, they work their way into our lives, regardless - until we finally realize how much we need them.
Dexter: [voiceover] An hour on the treadmill and I came up empty, not a clue. The only upside is that I got in my cardio for the day. Jordan is one tough nut to crack.
Jordan Chase: You're one tough nut to crack, you know that Dexter?
Dexter: [voiceover] I wish he'd stop doing that.
Jordan Chase: You're one tough nut to crack, you know that Dexter?
Dexter: [voiceover] I wish he'd stop doing that.
Dexter: [voiceover] Despite having considered myself a monster for as long as I can remember, it still comes as a shock when I am confronted with the depth of evil that exists in this world.
Dexter: [voiceover] Harry tried to mold me in the image of the monster he thought I was. He told me to flee human connection. So that became a way of life for me. When I couldn't run, I put up barriers to protect myself. And to protect others from me. [Later, after they have made love, as they lie in each other's arms] But with Lumen, I'm someone different. In her eyes, I'm not a monster at all.
Dexter: [voiceover] Harry's right. I have to convince Lumen to do what I never could: to move on.
Dexter: [voiceover] I suppose killing someone with my bare hands in a men's room was my way of working through the anger stage.
Dexter: [voiceover] I want to believe that smile, that watching your mother die hasn't changed you the way it changed me.
Dexter: [voiceover] 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?
Dexter: [voiceover] Jordan promises change. But he also accepts credit cards. [Answering his phone] Lumen?
Lumen: Can you talk? Or are you about to have a major life revelation?
Dexter: No, that came around 9:00am, when I realized that I really wanted a doughnut.
[Lumen and Dexter have just set up the kill room. Dexter is now putting up pictures of the other victims]
Lumen: Can you talk? Or are you about to have a major life revelation?
Dexter: No, that came around 9:00am, when I realized that I really wanted a doughnut.
[Lumen and Dexter have just set up the kill room. Dexter is now putting up pictures of the other victims]
Dexter: [voiceover] 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: [voiceover] My father Harry taught me a few simple rules. Never hurt an innocent and never make a scene.