Dexter quotes

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[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.

[Doakes looks at several weapons on the counter]
Doakes: Tell me that shit wasn't stolen from Saddam's palace!

[Images of dismembered body parts are shown]
Lundy: First report from the field had these parts as coming from one body.
Dexter: [thoughts] Actually, it's two.
Lundy: Actually, it's two.
Dexter: [thoughts] Uh-oh.

[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 steals a wind chime]
Dexter: I thought we were gonna get art supplies.
Lila: That's what we're doing. I work with found art.
Dexter: More like stolen art.

[Little Chino escapes from Dexter]
Dexter: Thirty-nine days, twenty-two hours and eighteen minutes since I killed my brother. I am cursed.

[Officer gives Dexter a tranquilizer gun]
Officers: Some 'gators giving you trouble, Dex?
Dexter: They, uh, they ate my puppy.

[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".

[Pushing Little Chino's body on a cart]
Dexter: It was simple really. All I had to do was put myself into the mind of a killer. Hardly a stretch.

[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.

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?
Season 3

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.

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.