Dexter quotes

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[Dexter is about to kill Benny Gomez, but is interupted when Rita calls his cell phone]
Rita: Dexter, I need you to go to an all-night pharmacy right away.
Dexter: Kinda right in the middle of something, hon.
Rita: Whatever you're doing, it can wait.
[Dexter hangs up]
Dexter: [to Benny] Kids, huh? It's all about sacrifice. [raises his knife to kill him]

[Dexter is about to kill Zoey Kruger, a police officer who murdered her family]
Zoey Kruger: You can't hide what you are.
Dexter: Oh, I can. I'm better at it than you.
Zoey Kruger: You will choose your life over theirs.
Dexter: I won't. I'd rather risk with them knowing the truth ... [Dexter stops talking, thinking] than losing them. [emotionally] I don't want to lose them. I don't.

[Dexter is staring off into space at a crime scene]
Dexter: [voiceover] I like to pretend I'm alone. Completely alone. Maybe post-apocalypse or plague ... whatever. No one left to act normal for. No need to hide who I really am. It would be ... freeing.
Doakes: Stop grinning like a fucking psycho and get back to work!

[Dexter looks at several of Lila's art projects]
Dexter: Why are they eating each other?
Lila: Dunno. Ask them.

[Dexter packs away several killing tools while on the phone to Rita]
Dexter: I need your help. I know how much you were looking forward to going out tonight, but I think Deb could use you more.
Rita: Dexter, this ... isn't about this morning, is it?
Dexter: No, no! I swear! This is about Deb. She had her first day at work today, and LaGuerta was kind of rough on her.
[Debra knocks on the door]
Debra: Dexter, unlock the door.
Dexter: [to Rita] Hold on. [to Debra] Hold on!
Debra: Dexter, come on! Dexter, open the fucking door!
Dexter: [to Rita] See, she's yelling at me now. Look, I'm no expert, but I think Deb could use some girl time tonight.
Rita: Well, I won't lie. I'm a little disappointed. But, I know your heart's in the right place.
[Dexter puts a butcher's knife in a bag]
Dexter: Absolutely.

[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.

[Dexter returns home]
Jamie: Dexter!
Dexter: Hey, Jamie. [voiceover] It's not what you're thinking.
Angel: Hey, Dex.
Dexter: [voiceover] It's really not what you're thinking.

[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.

[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 stares at the dead body]
Doakes: Why don't you take a picture, Morgan? It'll last longer.
Dexter: What would I do without you, Sergeant?

[Dexter throws Roger into the back of the mini-van]
Dexter: You were right about the ample cargo space.

[Dexter walks out the police station]
Doakes: Mini-van's that way.
Dexter: Field morgue's this way.
Doakes: I'll wait.
Dexter: You should take the night off, Sergeant.
Doakes: On pizza night? No way.

[Dexter was about to hit Doakes with a torch]
Doakes: Go ahead. Try it. I've been waiting.
Dexter: This neighbourhood? [shines the torch on himself] It's full of crazies. I'd lock my doors.

[Dexter's kitchen, after the fire at Lila's loft]
Lila: Did somebody drink all the coffee again?
Debra: No, somebody didn't drink all the coffee. I had a cup and Dexter had a cup, and it just kinda went like that until the [imitating Lila's British accent] pot was empty.
Dexter: Deb ...
Debra: What? Somebody didn't drink all the coffee. It's a stupid question.

[Digging through Rudy's trash]
Dexter: [voiceover] At times like this, I wish the truth was more easily accessible and less ... ripe.