Dexter Morgan quotes from Dexter

Dexter

I'm sure Special Ops taught you to rattle your captor, but I should warn you, Sergeant. You can't play on my feelings. I don't have any.

Doakes

Oh, really. Who's lying now?

Doakes

You're not gonna do what I think you are.

Dexter

There's no point in hiding it now, Sergeant. Your life is going to rest in the hands of the criminal justice system you put all your faith in. I wish you the best of luck.

Doakes

Morgan, God damn it, you got a conscience, man, you said it yourself! You go after killers, you take out killers, I get that. But this, this is some sick fuck ritual, man, you need help. Let me help you, man.

Dexter

Don't worry, Sergeant. I won't make you watch. I'm not uncivilized.

Dexter

[voiceover] It was me. The idea of a code was one thing, a grand idea, a noble cause. But the reality of it ... Harry walked in on what he created. And he couldn't live with himself.

Doakes

What, Morgan? What now?

Dexter

I killed my father.

Dexter

[voiceover] I always thought hardening arteries squeezed the life out of my father. But it was me. Harry gazed into the eyes of his creation and saw evil, pure and simple. My evil. It killed him.

Doakes

That shit about your father. You wanna talk about it?

Dexter

About what? That my life is one tragic mistake?

Doakes

We've all felt that at one time or another. I know I have.

Dexter

Did you happen to be stuffing a human leg into a garbage bag at that point?

Dexter

If I do this, I need a day to get my affairs in order.

Doakes

That's fine. Tie me up, throw me in the trunk, come on, let's go.

Lila

What do you think I wanted?

Dexter

To know what it's like. To feel something that deeply. Anything. That's why you hang out in recovery groups. You're emotionally colorblind. You use the right words, you pantomime the right behavior, but the feelings never come to pass.

Lila

It's not true.

Dexter

It is, Lila. You know the dictionary definition of emotions. Longing, joy, sorrow. But you have no idea what any of those things actually feel like.

Debra

All right. Quinn's been in homicide two weeks and he noticed.

Dexter

Noticed what?

Debra

My hair. I changed my hairstyle for the first time since I was eight.

Dexter

Oh, yeah. Short – er, shorter.

Miguel Prado

So a man dies, Mr. Morgan. And what's left, a soul? And what is that, exactly?

Dexter

I really couldn't tell you.

Miguel Prado

Some people say that the soul lives on forever.

Dexter

I hope not.

Miguel Prado

Which makes you a cynic.

Dexter

Makes me a ... scientist.

Stupid cunt's gonna redefine "short-term relationship". Catch my drift?

Dexter

Yeah, I catch your drift. [voiceover] And I'm entirely confident you've earned the privilege of being repurposed as fish food.

Debra

Just like every other tweaker-hooker case.

Dexter

Except the tattoo peeled off her shoulder.

Debra

Coroner says not a tattoo. [waves folder back and forth like a pendulum] You're getting interested.

Dexter

Actually, I'm getting sleepy.

Vince Masuka

Need all the luck I can get. Got a crucifix up there, too.

Dexter

Because it did so much for Jesus?

Sugar is so much better than the artificial stuff, don't you think?

Dexter

I guess.

Do you like milk or cream?

Dexter

Neither.

Not exactly the chatty type, are you?

Dexter

No.

Dexter

Rita's pregnant.

Debra

Say again?

Dexter

Rita's pregnant.

Debra

You're lying.

Dexter

I'm not lying.

Debra

A baby? A mother-fucking rolly-polly chubby-cheeked shit machine, are you kidding me?

Dexter

I've never heard it described in quite those words before, but yeah.

We are all strong warriors, all of us.

Dexter

[voiceover] This is absolutely, without a doubt, the worst moment of my life.

Now, let's go into a little free-form yoga. Just let yourself dance.

Dexter

[voiceover] I was wrong. This is.

See the dust dancing against the sunlight. Be as beautiful as the golden flakes of dust, Dexter.

Dexter

[voiceover] I could probably kill her before anyone realized what happened.