Dexter Quotes
[After Rita demands to know what's inside Dexter's "tools" suitcase, which is revealed to be a gun]
Dexter: It was Harry's. I wasn't comfortable having it now with the kids, so I kept it here.
Dexter: See? I have nothing to hide …
Dexter: [voiceover] … except for the syringes, scalpels and bonesaws hidden in that secret drawer underneath.
Dexter: It was Harry's. I wasn't comfortable having it now with the kids, so I kept it here.
Dexter: See? I have nothing to hide …
Dexter: [voiceover] … except for the syringes, scalpels and bonesaws hidden in that secret drawer underneath.
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Dexter: [going after Trinity] It's almost poetic. One serial killer ending the 30-year reign of another.
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Dexter: Man has always been drawn to the sea. But it's an unnatural setting for us. A place of great danger. Tides, currents, waves, wind. Each presenting their own hazards. None of which can be ignored. The slightest lapse of judgement can be a mistake you might never recover from. But a good sailor doesn't fight against these elements. A good sailor works with them, using them to his advantage. While others, less fortunate might be forever cast adrift, often in several pieces, he always comes home safely.
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Dexter: [voiceover] I should have... No, not should haves, I don't do should haves, that's not me. I just need to stop thinking about it.
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Dexter: [voiceover] We all have the public life, the private life...
Harry: ...And the secret life. The one that defines you.
Harry: ...And the secret life. The one that defines you.
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[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.
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[Dexter has just discovered Rita's dead body, with Harrison lying in a pool of her blood]
Dexter: [voiceover]Born in blood. Both of us. Harry was right. I thought I could change what I am, keep my family safe. But it doesn't matter what I do, what I choose... I'm what's wrong. This is fate.
Dexter: [voiceover]Born in blood. Both of us. Harry was right. I thought I could change what I am, keep my family safe. But it doesn't matter what I do, what I choose... I'm what's wrong. This is fate.
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Dexter: [voiceover] I've watched 67 people die, and at the moment of truth I looked into their eyes and I knew - and they knew - they got what they deserved. But what if that's not what happens, if you don't get what you deserve?
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Debra: I gotta tell you Dexter, don´t say things like "It was me". People will misunderstand. In fact I don´t understand; what did you even mean?
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Dexter: [about Rita] She died a brutal death, and I can't fix it. But I know I have to try, here in Miami with the people who knew her, who cared about her, who loved her. She had a big heart, big enough for the both of us, had to be, I wasn't even human when we first met.
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Astor: I wish that it was just my mom and me and Cody and Harrison, because we all would have been better off if she'd never met you!
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Quinn: [about Dexter´s report to 911] His wife just died; he's submitting a lab report.
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Dexter: [voiceover] Normally, having a target would make me feel good, give me direction, a sense of purpose. But now it means nothing. And I don't know what's going to make me feel better.
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Dexter: [voiceover] I suppose killing someone with my bare hands in a men's room was my way of working through the anger stage.
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Astor: You come along and become a part of the family and we thought everything was going to be good forever. You made us think that! And it's not true; things got worse.
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Dexter: It's like when you get on a plane, they tell you if the oxygen masks come down, to put yours on first before taking care of the kids. I need to take care of my own needs, too. Otherwise, I'll be spinning out of control. That's not good for any one.
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[Dexter has just killed Fowler]
Dexter: [voiceover] No church bells. No Hallelujah chorus. Nothing feels different. If anything, I'm emptier.
Dexter: [voiceover] No church bells. No Hallelujah chorus. Nothing feels different. If anything, I'm emptier.
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Fowler: Who are you?
Dexter: Just a fellow traveler who also likes to pick up dead animals.
Dexter: Just a fellow traveler who also likes to pick up dead animals.
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Masuka: This man is a knight in shining armor. You should be polishing his lance. [awkward pause] I meant that metaphorically - not how it sounded.
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Dexter: I'm just not used to checking the fridge for notes. [voiceover]... just notes from other serial killers.
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