Dexter Quote
[Arthur Mitchell wakes up in Dexter's kill room, seemingly shocked by his surroundings]
Dexter: Guess you were picturing a different scenario.
Arthur: I was following my path.
Dexter: So was I.
Arthur: God led you to me.
Dexter: Hardly.
[Dexter cuts Arthur's cheek and creates a blood slide trophy; Arthur groans in pain]
Arthur: Is this who you are?
Dexter: Ta-da!
Arthur: Look at you! I never took pride in what I did!
Dexter: No, you were a very special kind of monster. You destroyed your own family.
Arthur: I gave them everything!
Dexter: No, you took everything; their future, their diginity, their hope... Christine even killed herself...
Arthur: No!
Dexter: ...because of you.
Arthur: She was weak!
Dexter: I can't believe there was a time when I actually thought I could learn something from you.
Arthur: You think you're better than I am?
Dexter: No. But I want to be.
Arthur: You can't control the demon inside of you any more than I could control mine.
Dexter: Did you ever actually try?
Arthur: Oh, God yes. I prayed to be changed, to be made different.
Dexter: That's not trying, that's waiting to be stopped.
Arthur: It worked, didn't it?
[They both look around at the kill room]
Arthur: Case in point.
Dexter: So what's the alternative, Arthur? Leave? Disappear? Fake my own death and start over again?
Arthur: No. You'll still be you.
Dexter: I have a family too, Arthur. And I'm good for them.
Arthur: [Laughs] You're like a child.
Dexter: A child with a big knife.
Arthur: You dream of a heaven you'll n
Dexter: Guess you were picturing a different scenario.
Arthur: I was following my path.
Dexter: So was I.
Arthur: God led you to me.
Dexter: Hardly.
[Dexter cuts Arthur's cheek and creates a blood slide trophy; Arthur groans in pain]
Arthur: Is this who you are?
Dexter: Ta-da!
Arthur: Look at you! I never took pride in what I did!
Dexter: No, you were a very special kind of monster. You destroyed your own family.
Arthur: I gave them everything!
Dexter: No, you took everything; their future, their diginity, their hope... Christine even killed herself...
Arthur: No!
Dexter: ...because of you.
Arthur: She was weak!
Dexter: I can't believe there was a time when I actually thought I could learn something from you.
Arthur: You think you're better than I am?
Dexter: No. But I want to be.
Arthur: You can't control the demon inside of you any more than I could control mine.
Dexter: Did you ever actually try?
Arthur: Oh, God yes. I prayed to be changed, to be made different.
Dexter: That's not trying, that's waiting to be stopped.
Arthur: It worked, didn't it?
[They both look around at the kill room]
Arthur: Case in point.
Dexter: So what's the alternative, Arthur? Leave? Disappear? Fake my own death and start over again?
Arthur: No. You'll still be you.
Dexter: I have a family too, Arthur. And I'm good for them.
Arthur: [Laughs] You're like a child.
Dexter: A child with a big knife.
Arthur: You dream of a heaven you'll n
TV Show: Dexter
