Dexter Quotes
Dexter: Regardless of how we got here, one of the two killers in this cabin has to go away.
Doakes: I am not a killer.
Dexter: Right. In terms of who goes, it boiled down to a philosophical question: which one of us has more inherent worth?
Doakes: I know you're fucking kidding me.
Dexter: First I considered our value to the community. That was a wash. We're both loyal civil servants, we work hard to keep the city clean.
Doakes: … You cut people up into little pieces …
Dexter: Then I looked at our personal lives, and … well, it's where the differences became clearer. Strange as it may seem, I have people who depend on me. They would be devastated if they found out what I do. You, Sergeant, you're more of a lone wolf. Easier to put down, no one in the pack to miss you.
Doakes: Fuck you. Fuck you, Morgan, I have a family. I have my mother, my sisters.
Dexter: Who you never visit. Puts a pit in my stomach, that I can only interpret as … sadness. If you had a personal life, you might not have made me your obsession, and we might not be here right now.
Doakes: I am not a killer.
Dexter: Right. In terms of who goes, it boiled down to a philosophical question: which one of us has more inherent worth?
Doakes: I know you're fucking kidding me.
Dexter: First I considered our value to the community. That was a wash. We're both loyal civil servants, we work hard to keep the city clean.
Doakes: … You cut people up into little pieces …
Dexter: Then I looked at our personal lives, and … well, it's where the differences became clearer. Strange as it may seem, I have people who depend on me. They would be devastated if they found out what I do. You, Sergeant, you're more of a lone wolf. Easier to put down, no one in the pack to miss you.
Doakes: Fuck you. Fuck you, Morgan, I have a family. I have my mother, my sisters.
Dexter: Who you never visit. Puts a pit in my stomach, that I can only interpret as … sadness. If you had a personal life, you might not have made me your obsession, and we might not be here right now.
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Dexter: [voiceover] Doakes said I had two choices: kill him or let him go. But he neglected to look behind Door Number 3. Hand him over to the FBI, gift-wrapped. I don't need Doakes dead, I just need his fingerprints to complete my framejob.
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Dexter: [voiceover] When the Feds receive these kill tools with their suspect's prints on them, the only threat to me will be the inane rants of a murderous madman. So close I can feel it. This tragic tale might still end in Doakes' demise, but not by my hands. Harry's legacy will remain intact.
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Dexter: Don't test me, Sergeant. I could have killed you. I didn't.
Doakes: You didn't because you can't. I've had time to think about this, Morgan. I don't fit that code you were talking about, do I? At first I thought the Butcher only went after criminals because nobody gives a God damn what happens to them. But now … now I think you got a conscience.
Dexter: Of course I have a conscience. I left you a place to shit, didn't I? It's a small conscience.
Doakes: You didn't because you can't. I've had time to think about this, Morgan. I don't fit that code you were talking about, do I? At first I thought the Butcher only went after criminals because nobody gives a God damn what happens to them. But now … now I think you got a conscience.
Dexter: Of course I have a conscience. I left you a place to shit, didn't I? It's a small conscience.
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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: Oh, really. Who's lying now?
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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.
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.
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[Dexter prepares to dismember his latest victim.]
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.
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.
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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.
Doakes: What, Morgan? What now?
Dexter: I killed my father.
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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?
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?
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Dexter: [voiceover] Harry's heart gave out when he saw what's inside me. He thought he could tame it, give it a purpose, help it find a place in the natural order. Guess he was wrong.
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Dexter: [voiceover] It won't be long now. I can hang this on Doakes and then … then what? Years of trials and appeals. With him pointing his finger and calling me killer. For such a neat monster I'm making an awfully big mess.
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Dexter: In the long run it would be easier on Deb. Rita. Better than watching me dragged in like an animal. Which, let's face it, will happen. Some day.
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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.
Doakes: That's fine. Tie me up, throw me in the trunk, come on, let's go.
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Dexter: I really enjoyed our conversations, James. I lie to everyone I know. Except my victims, right before I kill them. It's hard to establish much of a rapport there. Sorry about the cage.
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Lila: Who put you in there?
Doakes: A fucking psycho. And he could be back any minute. Grab that key, right behind you on the wall.
Lila: Who is he?
Doakes: His name is Dexter Morgan. I need you to open this gate.
Lila: Why would he do that, put you in there?
Doakes: Because I found out that he's the fucking Bay Harbor Butcher! Please, just open this fucking gate!
Lila: He's the Butcher …?
Doakes: This is what I've been trying to tell you.
Lila: What's in there?
Doakes: Exactly what you think it is. It's evidence. And I saw what happened. I really need to get out this cage, lady.
Lila: Poor thing, all alone …
Doakes: I'm okay. Just open the gate.
Lila: Not you, Dexter. Hiding such an enormous secret … what burden that's got to be. No wonder he was so shut down.
Doakes: What are you? His accomplice?
Lila: His soulmate.
Doakes: A fucking psycho. And he could be back any minute. Grab that key, right behind you on the wall.
Lila: Who is he?
Doakes: His name is Dexter Morgan. I need you to open this gate.
Lila: Why would he do that, put you in there?
Doakes: Because I found out that he's the fucking Bay Harbor Butcher! Please, just open this fucking gate!
Lila: He's the Butcher …?
Doakes: This is what I've been trying to tell you.
Lila: What's in there?
Doakes: Exactly what you think it is. It's evidence. And I saw what happened. I really need to get out this cage, lady.
Lila: Poor thing, all alone …
Doakes: I'm okay. Just open the gate.
Lila: Not you, Dexter. Hiding such an enormous secret … what burden that's got to be. No wonder he was so shut down.
Doakes: What are you? His accomplice?
Lila: His soulmate.
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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.
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.
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Dexter: [voiceover] It's strange to have a creation out there. A deeply mutated version of yourself, running loose and screwing everything up... I wonder if this is how parents feel.
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Dexter: [voiceover] Not long ago I had a dream that people could see me for what I am. And for a brief instant in time, the world actually saw my bodies of work. Some even cheered. But as it turns out, nobody mourns the wicked. Sorry, James.
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I think Harry knew that from the start. That's why he gave me a code. It cost him his life, but it kept me alive through incredible trials. The code is mine now, and mine alone. So too are the relationships I cultivate.
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They're not just disguises anymore. I need them. Even if they make me vulnerable. My father might not approve, but I'm no longer his disciple. I'm a master now. An idea transcended into life.
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And so this is my new path. Which is a lot like the old one, only mine. To stay on that path I need to work harder, explore new rituals, evolve. Am I evil? Am I good? I'm done asking those questions. I don't have the answers. Does anyone?
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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.
Dexter: Noticed what?
Debra: My hair. I changed my hairstyle for the first time since I was eight.
Dexter: Oh, yeah. Short – er, shorter.
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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.
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.
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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.
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.
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Vince Masuka: Need all the luck I can get. Got a crucifix up there, too.
Dexter: Because it did so much for Jesus?
Dexter: Because it did so much for Jesus?
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Yuki Amado: Oh, God, that really matters to you, doesn't it? Your cop friends – it's your whole life, them, the job, the shield. As far as I can tell, without that, you've got nothing. Except your, uh, treadmill.
Debra: [pause] Kind of a cunt, aren't you?
Debra: [pause] Kind of a cunt, aren't you?
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