Dexter Quotes
Debra: What's it gonna be tonight? Chinese? Italian?
Lundy: Actually, I have a social appointment.
Debra: You mean, like, a date?
Lundy: I guess you could call it that.
Debra: Wow. Look at you. New in town, and already hooking up.
Lundy: It's an introduction arranged by a friend. One needs to get out and have a little fun on occasion. It's something I strongly recommend for you as well.
Debra: Yeah, but the hours we work …
Lundy: I'm serious. Make time for it. It'll help keep you better balanced.
Debra: Yes, sir.
Lundy: Actually, I have a social appointment.
Debra: You mean, like, a date?
Lundy: I guess you could call it that.
Debra: Wow. Look at you. New in town, and already hooking up.
Lundy: It's an introduction arranged by a friend. One needs to get out and have a little fun on occasion. It's something I strongly recommend for you as well.
Debra: Yeah, but the hours we work …
Lundy: I'm serious. Make time for it. It'll help keep you better balanced.
Debra: Yes, sir.
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[Debra handcuffs Gabriel to the bed post]
Gabriel: Oh, you're into the kinky stuff, huh?
Debra: No. The last guy I had sex with tried to kill me.
Gabriel: Oh, you're into the kinky stuff, huh?
Debra: No. The last guy I had sex with tried to kill me.
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Dexter: "Who is the Bay Harbor Butcher?" God, this obsession with him is relentless. Just like Debra and that damn treadmill.
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[The morning after Dexter walked in on Debra having sex]
Dexter: Morning.
Debra: So, that was a little weird last night.
Dexter: No – yeah – well, it was dark. My eyes hadn't adjusted. All I could see were shadows.
Debra: Well, please put those shadows out of your mind.
Dexter: Morning.
Debra: So, that was a little weird last night.
Dexter: No – yeah – well, it was dark. My eyes hadn't adjusted. All I could see were shadows.
Debra: Well, please put those shadows out of your mind.
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LaGuerta: Do you have any back-up?
Doakes: Oh, yeah. All kinds of back-up. Helicopters and shit.
Doakes: Oh, yeah. All kinds of back-up. Helicopters and shit.
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Angel: You're the lone hold out. Every other suspect has a criminal past, and not just any criminal past. They were all linked to murder.
Woman: Oscar never murdered anybody!
Angel: Then why was he killed?
Woman: I don't know! Maybe he found out who the serial killer is!
Angel: Oh, okay. So, your husband is an engineer, and a secret crime fighter?
Woman: Oscar never murdered anybody!
Angel: Then why was he killed?
Woman: I don't know! Maybe he found out who the serial killer is!
Angel: Oh, okay. So, your husband is an engineer, and a secret crime fighter?
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Debra: So, how'd your social appointment go last night?
Lundy: Oh. You know.
Debra: I took your advice.
Lundy: My advice?
Debra: Go out. Have some fun. Got laid. Big time.
Lundy: Oh. Well.
Debra: Oh. I mean, I don't usually go out to the gym and pick up strangers.
Lundy: The gym? [laughs]
Debra: Really, you have to save me here, or I'm gonna go outside and shoot myself.
Lundy: And the way you're going, you'd probably miss.
Debra: … Thanks.
Lundy: My date was horrible. I picked her up, and I don't know Miami, of course, and I got completely lost, and she was chattering away the whole time about this Yogi master I just have to meet so by the time we even got to the restaurant I was tearing my hair out.
Debra: Oh, God. I'm sorry.
Lundy: No, it was good. It was a reminder that, uh, I shouldn't be dating.
Debra: 'Course you should be.
Lundy: No. It all comes down to simple mathematics. A really beautiful relationship is a once in a lifetime thing. And I've already had mine.
Lundy: Oh. You know.
Debra: I took your advice.
Lundy: My advice?
Debra: Go out. Have some fun. Got laid. Big time.
Lundy: Oh. Well.
Debra: Oh. I mean, I don't usually go out to the gym and pick up strangers.
Lundy: The gym? [laughs]
Debra: Really, you have to save me here, or I'm gonna go outside and shoot myself.
Lundy: And the way you're going, you'd probably miss.
Debra: … Thanks.
Lundy: My date was horrible. I picked her up, and I don't know Miami, of course, and I got completely lost, and she was chattering away the whole time about this Yogi master I just have to meet so by the time we even got to the restaurant I was tearing my hair out.
Debra: Oh, God. I'm sorry.
Lundy: No, it was good. It was a reminder that, uh, I shouldn't be dating.
Debra: 'Course you should be.
Lundy: No. It all comes down to simple mathematics. A really beautiful relationship is a once in a lifetime thing. And I've already had mine.
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[Pascal has started crying over her fiancée's shirt]
Dexter: This is the kind of thing that makes me glad I have no feelings. As they always say, "never take your dirty laundry to work".
Dexter: This is the kind of thing that makes me glad I have no feelings. As they always say, "never take your dirty laundry to work".
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Doakes: You got it wrong, man. I left her.
Curtis: And why was that?
Doakes: Because I was afraid that if I didn't, I'd kill her.
Curtis: And why was that?
Doakes: Because I was afraid that if I didn't, I'd kill her.
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Lila: Are you gonna tell me how you're doing?
Dexter: I'm fine.
Lila: C'mon, Dex. Open up.
Dexter: I'm very fine?
Dexter: I'm fine.
Lila: C'mon, Dex. Open up.
Dexter: I'm very fine?
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Lila: What's going on inside your head? What are you thinking?
Dexter: I'm afraid we're done – you and I.
Lila: Serious? You're breaking up with me?
Dexter: Actually, I don't think I wanna answer any more questions.
Dexter: I'm afraid we're done – you and I.
Lila: Serious? You're breaking up with me?
Dexter: Actually, I don't think I wanna answer any more questions.
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[Dexter stands outside the morgue]
Dexter: [thoughts] There it is. Like a gigantic white whale. My Moby Dick.
Angel: Man, this heat. I can't take it. I've gotta get in my car before I fucking melt.
Dexter: [thoughts] Which is exactly what needs to happen to my dearly departed friends.
Dexter: [thoughts] There it is. Like a gigantic white whale. My Moby Dick.
Angel: Man, this heat. I can't take it. I've gotta get in my car before I fucking melt.
Dexter: [thoughts] Which is exactly what needs to happen to my dearly departed friends.
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Lila: I think you should give me another chance.
Dexter: There's nothing you can do to help me. It's not even you. It's me. I am who I am, and nobody's gonna change that.
Lila: Whatever you think you are – you don't have to be that.
Dexter: That's where you're wrong.
Lila: Stop judging yourself! There are no absolutes. No one's all good, or evil.
Dexter: You're just gonna have to trust me on this.
Lila: Jesus, Dexter, what are you so fucking scared of!? You make yourself into a monster so you no longer bare responsibility for what you do! "Ah, I can't help it, I'm a monster," or, "Of course I was gonna do that – I'm a monster." It's sad! And it's pathetic! And it breaks my heart.
Dexter: You don't think there are monsters in this world? You don't believe that people are evil?
[Lila shakes her head]
Dexter: I'll show you evil.
Dexter: There's nothing you can do to help me. It's not even you. It's me. I am who I am, and nobody's gonna change that.
Lila: Whatever you think you are – you don't have to be that.
Dexter: That's where you're wrong.
Lila: Stop judging yourself! There are no absolutes. No one's all good, or evil.
Dexter: You're just gonna have to trust me on this.
Lila: Jesus, Dexter, what are you so fucking scared of!? You make yourself into a monster so you no longer bare responsibility for what you do! "Ah, I can't help it, I'm a monster," or, "Of course I was gonna do that – I'm a monster." It's sad! And it's pathetic! And it breaks my heart.
Dexter: You don't think there are monsters in this world? You don't believe that people are evil?
[Lila shakes her head]
Dexter: I'll show you evil.
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[Lila looks at some of the Bay Harbor Butcher's victims]
Lila: It's … incredible.
Dexter: But the person who did this –
Lila: Is a person just like me. Like you. We're all good, Dexter. And we're all evil.
Dexter: [thoughts] I thought I closed the door for anybody ever seeing me for who I am. But, this woman sees me. She doesn't know it, but she's looking behind the mask, and she's not turning away.
Lila: It's … incredible.
Dexter: But the person who did this –
Lila: Is a person just like me. Like you. We're all good, Dexter. And we're all evil.
Dexter: [thoughts] I thought I closed the door for anybody ever seeing me for who I am. But, this woman sees me. She doesn't know it, but she's looking behind the mask, and she's not turning away.
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[Dexter spins Cody around]
Gail: He's good for you.
Rita: I know. I got lucky.
Gail: Quite an actor. He's hiding something. I'm sure of it.
Gail: He's good for you.
Rita: I know. I got lucky.
Gail: Quite an actor. He's hiding something. I'm sure of it.
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Dexter: For the first time, I feel that the future might hold something different for me. It's possible I'm just fooling myself, but I'm willing to take the risk.
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Dexter: It's an odd sensation to be experiencing what might be called "hope" for the first time in my life. At the same time, I find myself weighing the benefits between electrocution versus lethal injection. But here I am.
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Debra: [drinks coffee] Oh sweet Mary mother of fuck, that's good.
Dexter: Think you might have broken a commandment somewhere in there.
Dexter: Think you might have broken a commandment somewhere in there.
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Debra: If dad taught us one thing, it's the value of human life.
Dexter: [voiceover] Yeah, but I think we had different homework assignments.
Dexter: [voiceover] Yeah, but I think we had different homework assignments.
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Dexter: My little sister, the cuddler.
Debra: I have a scalding hot beverage here, Dex, don't make me use it.
Debra: I have a scalding hot beverage here, Dex, don't make me use it.
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Dexter: I never really got the whole superhero thing. But lately, it does seem we have a lot in common – tragic beginnings … secret identities … part human, part mutant … [looking over at Doakes] archenemies.
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Lila: Where did you drift off to, anyway?
Dexter: I was having this bizarre dream about my mother.
Lila: Say no more. Oedipus complex, explains a lot.
Dexter: I was having this bizarre dream about my mother.
Lila: Say no more. Oedipus complex, explains a lot.
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Dexter: [to the man who killed his mother] You stole my life. I'm not the person I'm supposed to be because you took someone from me.
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Dexter: [voiceover] The full force of the FBI, that's the last thing I need. I've got to make sure Lundy gets his man, after I figure out a way to erase the marina files, and make up with my girlfriend, and then maybe I'll tackle world hunger because things can't really get much worse.
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Lila: [to Dexter, after a bout of semi-rough sex] I guess we found a way to quiet the voices in your head.
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Angel: [laying a hand on Dexter's shoulder; referring to the Bay Harbor Butcher] We've never been this close to this pendejo.
Dexter: [thoughts] Closer than you think, amigo.
Dexter: [thoughts] Closer than you think, amigo.
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