Dexter quotes

Dexter

[voiceover] Tonight's the night. And it's going to happen again and again. It has to happen.

I couldn't help myself. I couldn't. Please, you have to understand.

Dexter

Trust me, I definitely understand. See, I can't help myself either. But children? I could never do that. Not like you. Never ... ever ... kids.

Why?

Dexter

I have standards.

Dexter

[voiceover] Harry was a great cop here in Miami. He taught me how to think like one; he taught me how to cover my tracks. I'm a very neat monster.

Dexter

[voiceover] Blood. Sometimes it sets my teeth on edge. Other times it helps me control the chaos.

Dexter

[voiceover] There's something strange and disarming about looking at a homicide scene in the daylight of Miami. It makes the most grotesque killings look staged, like you're in a new and daring section of Disney World: Dahmerland!

Maria LaGuerta

So then he must have already had the head with him in the front seat. Huh, that's weird. Why would he keep it there?

Dexter

I don't know. So he could use a carpool lane?

Dexter

[voiceover about the doll parts in his freezer] I suppose I should be upset, even feel violated, but I'm not. No, in fact, I think this is a friendly message, like "Hey, wanna play?" And yes, I want to play. I really, really do.

Left the tits and took off with head.

Dexter

[voiceover] Tonight's the night. And it's going to happen again and again. Has to happen. Nice night. Miami is a great town. I love the Cuban food -- pork sandwiches are my favorite. But I'm hungry for something different now.

Dexter

[voiceover] My name is Dexter. Dexter Morgan. I don't know what made me the way I am, but whatever it was left a hollow place inside. People fake a lot of human interactions, but I feel like I fake them all and I fake them very well. And that's my burden, I guess. But I don't blame my foster parents for that, Harry and Doris Morgan did a wonderful job raising me. But they're both dead now. I didn't kill them. Honest.

Dexter

[voiceover] Animals don't like me, especially dogs. I don't think they approve of what I sometimes do to their masters.

Dexter

[voiceover] I can kill a man, dismember his body, and be home in time for Letterman. But knowing what to say when my girlfriend's feeling insecure ... I'm totally lost.

Dexter

We have an elephant in the room, and its name is sex.

Rita

[laughs weakly] Tell me about it.

Dexter

Hey, as far as I'm concerned, it can just stay in the corner and mind its own damn business.

Rita

[softly] Easier said than done.

Dexter

Yeah, [gently brushes her hair back] but it needs to be right, for both of us. Or, it won't be right for either of us. I don't want that, do you?

Rita

No. [pause] You know, [hugs Dexter tightly] I can't believe I found the one good truly decent man left on the planet.

Debra

Watching ice melt. This is fun.

Vince Masuka

Stand a little closer, Morgan, and I'll melt your heart.

Angel Batista

I think he's got a crush on you, Dex!

Dexter

Huh?

Vince Masuka

Yo, I was talking to Morgan the sister. Vince Masuka only swings one way.

Debra

Yeah, from vine to vine

Maria LaGuerta

Enough! Glad to see the sexual harassment seminar really paid off.

Dexter

[voiceover] My sister puts up a front so people won't know how vulnerable she really is. Me? I put up a front so people won't know how vulnerable I'm not.