Dexter Morgan quotes from Dexter

I don't need them for the pain anymore. I just ... need them.

Dexter

[thoughts] And I need duct tape. Three or four rolls. Running low on heavy duty trash bags. When's the last time I sharpened my knives?

I'd kill for a Vicodin.

Dexter

[thoughts] Lightweight.

Dexter

Hold the elevator!

Dexter

Thanks.

Doakes

Nice dodge last night, flooring it through that yellow light.

Dexter

Oh. Were you behind me?

Doakes

See you tonight.

New car?

Dexter

Yeah.

You get married?

Dexter

Not that I know of.

Masuka

Who's your daddy?

Dexter

... Uh, Harry Morgan?

Masuka

Say it.

Dexter

... You're my daddy?

Masuka

Sounds weird when you say it.

Lila

So tell me. Exactly how full of shit are you?

Dexter

I'm not full of anything.

Lila

It was a nice performance in there. Where did you download it from? Addict.com?

Dexter

I have no reason to lie.

Lila

Sure you do. We all do.

Dexter

You thought I was lying?

Lila

I dunno, Bob.

Dexter

Well, it is anonymous.

Lila

Everyone in that room has heard, or lived, far worse than anything you've ever done.

Dexter

I doubt it.

Lila

Oh! So you're Super Junkie.

Dexter

I don't mean to imply that what you've been through hasn't been difficult.

Lila

But there's no way that I could know what you've experienced, right? I couldn't possibly feel that need. Like a thousand hiding voices whispering "this is who you are". And you fight the pressure. The growing need rising like a wave. Prickling and teasing and prodding to be fed. But the whispering gets louder, until they're screaming "now!" And it's the only voice you hear. The only voice you want to hear. And you belong to it. To this ... shadow self. To this ...

Dexter

Dark Passenger.

Lila

Yes. The Dark Passenger.

Uh oh. Roger's got you in the box. Once you're in the box, you don't leave without a deal.

Dexter

... Uh oh.

Don't worry, you're safe with Roger. He's the best. I'm just dropping off this "thank you" note.

Dexter

I was just leaving.

He sent you across the street, didn't he?

Dexter

Cross the street?

It's okay, he told me not to tell anyone either. Yeah, I don't know how he makes a living sending his commissions to other dealers.

Dexter

Maybe he has ulterior motives.

Or maybe he knows I can't afford his price.

Dexter

After he ran a credit check?

TRW doesn't lie.

Dexter

So, you're single?

[awkwardly] Yeah.

Dexter

Makes it tougher to afford those big ticket items like cars and houses. You rent an apartment?

A house. Yeah, I hate sharing walls. You can hear everything.

Dexter

Tell me about it. No pets, though, right?

Is this a come on? 'Cause it's a little weird.

Dexter

Must be why I'm still single.

Masuka

Lead fucking investigator. Translation – everyone's bitch. I do have a life, you know.

Dexter

You do?

Masuka

The fucking Bay Habour Butcher is butchering up my own social life.

Dexter

Sorry.

Doakes

Mini-van's that way.

Dexter

Field morgue's this way.

Doakes

I'll wait.

Dexter

You should take the night off, Sergeant.

Doakes

On pizza night? No way.

Doakes

What does that girlfriend of yours see in a freak show like you anyway?

Dexter

You'll have to ask her.

Doakes

Maybe I will.

Dexter

Are you hoping they'll talk to you?

Lundy

The one's with heads anyway. They always speak, eventually. Just gotta ask the right question.

Dexter

Which is?

Lundy

Why were they chosen?

Dexter

You looking for a pattern?

Lundy

One doesn't kill this many people in this careful, methodical way without a reason. Some ... twisted set of principles.

Dexter

They would have to be twisted, wouldn't they?

Lundy

The worst killers in history are usually the one's who think the murders were somehow ... just. Even deserved. Leaders have slaughtered whole populations for the same warped reason.

Dexter

But there's never any justification for killing.

Lundy

No. Well, one, of course. To save an innocent life.

Dexter

To save an innocent life.

Dexter

Roger the Artful Dodger.

Jesus! You scared me, bro.

Dexter

We have some unfinished business.

Oh, yeah, right, the warranty and stuff. Listen, uh, I can't write you up right now, I've got the wife waiting for me.

Dexter

You're not married.

Ex-wife. I gotta take the kids.

Dexter

You don't have kids.

Step-kids. They're hers.

Dexter

Nope.

Okay, how about this one – I don't give a shit.

Dexter

Neither do I.

Where am I?

Dexter

Looks different under plastic, but you spent an evening here with Anne Cowen. You took her last breath from her right over there, you remember?

No. Y-you're wrong. I wouldn't!

Dexter

No, you would. And you did. And you were about to do it again; that's why we're here.

No, this is crazy. You got the wrong guy. I-I sell cars, for God's sake! I'd never hurt anyone in my life – definitely not a woman!

Dexter

... Why can't I do that?

Do what?

Dexter

Lie like that! I thought I was good, but you? It's ... mwah.

I don't lie!

Dexter

Okay, that one was weak.

Kay, look. Pick any car on the lot. It's yours. T-bird, town car, you name it. Y-yours. Free. I'll call it in right now.

Dexter

Lots closed.

I'll have them open it up. I'm the manager. They do what I say.

Dexter

The manager's name is Rick Buxton!

Well, yeah, but I've been there longer than he has.

Dexter

You've been there three months!

At the other lot.

Dexter

Ha, ha! It's like watching someone ski moguls. You just hop from one lie to the next. No shame, no embarassment. You just don't give a shit. That's the key, right? Not to care about anyone or anything.

I care. I care a lot.

Dexter

No, it was a compliment. I don't care either.

Yes, you do. Like about your wife.

Dexter

Not married.

Girlfriend, then. Saw it the minute you walked on the lot.

Dexter

What did you see? Tell me.

Look, most guys your age, they'd beeline right for the horse power, or something. Flashy, sexy. But you. You're there all alone, no one there to nag you, and you don't even glance at the coups. The only thing you look at is the mini-van. Like you can see her in the passenger's seat, and the kids in the back.

Dexter

Leave the kids out.

See? You're lying to yourself if you think you don't care.

Dexter

She's just a companion, really. Started that way, anyway. Someone who ... looks good. Normal.

They worm their way in.

Dexter

Yeah, they do. And they shut you out.

... That's what this is about? That she shut you out? Oh! Man, okay, I get it. I've been there. But you can't let her get to you like this, 'cause – 'cause they're all the same! Fucking bitches! You do everything for them, and then they fuck you! She's not worth it, all right? You're better off without that cunt!

Dexter

[enraged] Don't ...

Dexter

... talk that way about my girlfriend!