Quotes for
Dexter Morgan (Character)
from "Dexter" (2006)

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"Dexter: Dexter (#1.1)" (2006)

Harry Morgan: Okay, so we can't stop this. But maybe... we can do something... to channel it. Use it for good.
Teenage Dexter: How could it ever be good?
Harry Morgan: Son, there are people out there who do really bad things. Terrible people. And the police can't catch them all. Do you understand what I'm saying?
Teenage Dexter: You're saying... they deserve it.

Dexter Morgan: [finds the Ice Truck Killer has left his calling card at his house] I think this is a friendly message like, "Hey! wanna play?" and yes I wanna play. I really really do.

Dexter Morgan: [voiceover about the doll parts in his freeze] I suppose I should be upset, even feel violated, but I'm not. No, in fact, I think this is a friendly message, like "Hey, wanna play?" and yes I want to play. I really really do.

Dexter Morgan: The only real question I have is why in a building full of cops, all supposedly with a keen insight to the human soul, is Doakes the only one who gets the creep from me.

Lt. Maria Laguerta: So then he must have already had the head with him in the front seat. Huh, that's weird. Why would he keep it there?
Dexter Morgan: I don't know. So he could use a carpool lane

Dexter Morgan: Blood. Sometimes it sets my teeth on edge, other times it helps me control the chaos

Dexter Morgan: Harry and Dorris Morgan did a wonderful job raising me. But they're both dead now. I didn't kill them. Honest.

Dexter Morgan: I don't blame my foster parents for that. Harry and Doris Morgan did a wonderful job raising me. But, they're both dead now. I didn't kill them. Honest.

Sergeant Doakes: You give me the fucking creeps, you know that Dexter?
Dexter Morgan: Yeah, I know, sorry about that.

Records Supervisor: You have a morbid sense of fun.
Dexter Morgan: That's probably true...

Dexter Morgan: No blood. No sticky, hot, messy, awful blood; no blood at all. Why hadn't I thought of that? No blood. What a beautiful idea!

Dexter Morgan: Needless to say I have some unusual habits, yet all these socially acceptable people can't wait to pick up hammers and smash their food to bits. Normal people are so hostile.

Dexter Morgan: [as killer adverts his eyes from dead bodie] Look! Or I will cut your eyelids right off your face.

Dexter Morgan: Harry was a great cop here in Miami. He taught me how to think like one; he taught me how to cover my tracks. I'm a very neat monster.

Dexter Morgan: People fake a lot of human interactions, but I feel like I fake them all, and I fake them very well, that's my burden, I guess.

Dexter Morgan: There's something strange and disarming about looking at a homicide scene in the daylight of Miami. It makes the most grotesque killings look staged, like you're in a new and daring section of Disney World: Dahmerland!

Mike Donovan: [about killing the boys] I couldn't help myself. I couldn't. Please, you have to understand
Dexter Morgan: Trust me, I definitely understand. See I can't help myself either. But children I could never do that. Not like you. Never, ever kids.
Mike Donovan: Why?
Dexter Morgan: I have standards.

Dexter Morgan: She's the only person in the world who loves me. I think that's nice. I don't have feeling about anything, but if I could have feelings at all, I'd have them for Deb.

Mike Donovan: Hail Mary, full of grace, the lord
Dexter Morgan: [Slaps him] Stop, that never helped anybody.

Dexter Morgan: [narrating] With the solve rate for murders at about twenty percent, Miami is a great place for me. A great place for me to hone my craft. Viva Miami.

Dexter Morgan: Rita's ex-hubby, the crack addict, repeatedly raped her, knocked her around. Ever since then she's been completely uninterested in sex. That works for me!

Rita Bennett: What am I gonna do?
Dexter Morgan: Don't worry, I'll figure it out.
[voice over]
Dexter Morgan: And I will. I can always see other people's problems more clearly than my own.

Dexter Morgan: [voice over] I always prided myself on being an outsider... but now... I feel the need to connect with someone.

Officer Oliver: [Dexter, at a bloody crimes scene, has just explained that they should be looking for someone who is really good with a knife] So, we are looking for a sushi chef?
Dexter Morgan: [Deadpan] Yeah... Sushi chef is possible. It wouldn't be my first choice but hey... You never know.
Officer Oliver: Now what?
Dexter Morgan: [Excited and pumps his fist] Now I eat!

Dexter Morgan: Tonight's the night. And it's going to happen again, and again. It has to happen. Nice night.

Dexter Morgan: I chose Rita because she is, in her own way, as damaged as me.

Sergeant Doakes: Fuck you!
Dexter Morgan: Okay. Uh, is there something I can...
Sergeant Doakes: Yeah, you can get me your fucking analysis on the blood spatter on these killings! You think I'm here to invite you to my nephew's briss?
Dexter Morgan: [sarcastic] I didn't know you were Jewish!
Sergeant Doakes: Shut the fuck up and write your report already!

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"Dexter: Crocodile (#1.2)" (2006)

Dexter Morgan: My father taught me one thing above all others; to be sure. And I am. Matt Chambers, Miami is your last stop. If God is in the details and if I believed in God, he’s in this room with me. I just wish he had brought an extension cord.

Dexter Morgan: My sister puts up a front so the world won't see how vulnerable she is. Me, I put up a front so the world won't see how vulnerable I'm not. I don't care who these fingertips belong to, only what my new friend out there is trying to say.

Dexter Morgan: I can kill a man, dismember his body, and be home in time for Letterman. But knowing what to say when my girlfriend's feeling insecure... I'm totally lost.

Dexter Morgan: I dream. I dream I'm floating on the surface of my own life. Watching it unfold. Observing it. I'm the outsider looking in.

Dexter Morgan: So what's up, hot shot?
Debra Morgan: Alright, get this. Lieutenant's looking for that refrigerated truck in every swamp, glade and chop shop from here to the Keys. The way I see it, that whack-job truck driver threw a severed head at your car. It's not as if he's shy.
Dexter Morgan: You think he's hiding the truck in plain sight, wanting it to be found?

Debra Morgan: Why is it we never talk brother-sister stuff?
Dexter Morgan: Our dad was a cop, you're a cop, I work for the cops... for us, this is brother-sister stuff.

Dexter Morgan: I see their pain. On some level I even understand their pain. I just can't feel their pain.

Dexter Morgan: Lately the thing that surprises me most about Rita is how much I like being with her. But whenever that happens with a woman, when I feel comfortable with her, it all goes wrong. That's why I think it's best to take it one step at a time.

Debra Morgan: Watching ice melt, this is fun.
Vince Masuka: Stand a little closer, Morgan, and I'll melt your heart.
Angel Batista: I think he's got a crush on you, Dex!
Dexter Morgan: Huh?
Vince Masuka: Yo, I was talking to Morgan the sister. Vince Masuka only swings one way.
Debra Morgan: Yeah, from vine to vine...
Lt. Maria Laguerta: Enough! Glad to see the sexual harassment seminar really paid off.

Dexter Morgan: Not guilty. Matt Chambers may have found a way to beat the system, but so have I.

Dexter Morgan: The worst thing about finally putting together a puzzle is finding there are missing pieces.

Dexter Morgan: There are no secrets in life, just hidden truths that lie beneath the surface.

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"Dexter: The Dark Defender (#2.5)" (2007)

Dexter Morgan: Am I the twisted Bay Harbor Butcher, or the valiant Dark Defender?

Dexter Morgan: Want a real glimpse of the human nature? Stand in the way of someone's mocha latte.

Debra Morgan: [sipping her latte] Oh, sweet Mary, mother of fuck, that's good!
Dexter Morgan: I think you might have broken a commandment somewhere in there.

Dexter Morgan: [voiceover] The rocks I used to submerge my victims may eventually sink me too, but if I'm learning anything in recovery, it's "one day at a time."

Debra Morgan: If dad taught us one thing, it's the value of human life.
Dexter Morgan: [voiceover] Yeah, but I think we had different homework assignments.

Dexter Morgan: See you tonight?
Debra Morgan: I think I'm staying at Gabriel's.
Dexter Morgan: I thought you were taking it slow.
Debra Morgan: We are. No sex, just cuddling.
Dexter Morgan: My little sister, the cuddler.
Debra Morgan: I got a scalding-hot beverage here, Dex. Don't make me use it.
Dexter Morgan: Love you, too.

Dexter Morgan: [voiceover] I never really got the whole superhero thing. But lately, it does seem we have a lot in common. Tragic beginnings... Secret identities... Part human, part mutant...
Dexter Morgan: [in reference to Doakes] Archenemies.

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"Dexter: Born Free (#1.12)" (2006)

Dexter Morgan: His happy place. Where he kills more than time.

Vince Masuka: Hey Dexter, better bundle up.
Dexter Morgan: I like the cold.
Vince Masuka: You know, hypothermia can easily sneak up on you.
Dexter Morgan: Yea, so can hypochondria.

Rita Bennett: I got your message. How's Debra?
Dexter Morgan: Hmm, she has all her limbs.
Rita Bennett: Thank God she is alive. That poor thing must be a mess, falling for a serial killer.
Dexter Morgan: What are the odds?

Dexter Morgan: [narrated, in reference to Doakes] My devil danced with his demon and the fiddler’s tune is far from over.

[first lines]
Dexter Morgan: I've lived in darkness a long time. Over the years, my eyes adjusted until the dark became my world and I could see. But then Rudy turned on the light. He flooded my memory and now I'm blind.

[last lines]
Dexter Morgan: This is what it must feel like to walk in full sunlight, my darkness revealed, my shadow self embraced. Yeah, they see me. I'm one of them... In their darkest dreams.

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"Dexter: Seeing Red (#1.10)" (2006)

Debra Morgan: Dexter, heads up. Bad in there.
Dexter Morgan: Ok.
Debra Morgan: I'm serious!
Dexter Morgan: Ok.
Sergeant Doakes: She's not kidding. It's your wet dream in there.
Dexter Morgan: Okay...

Dexter Morgan: That leaves only one set of footprints unaccounted for, the killers. This shows everywhere he went in the room. The question is: Why?
Lt. Maria Laguerta: Wait, hold on. Am I missing something? Where are the victim's footprints?
Dexter Morgan: Give that lady a lollipop!

Dexter Morgan: Why don't you kids go wait in my car? I want to talk to your mom for a sec.
Astor: Are you gonna make out?
Dexter Morgan: None of your business.

Dexter Morgan: Oh, hi.
Debra Morgan: Hi.
Dexter Morgan: Oh, Masuka was looking for you. Something about drinks at the Bel Canto.
Debra Morgan: Yeah, I told him I had a yeast infection.
Dexter Morgan: A bit of an overshare.

Dexter Morgan: The trifecta, weapon, ammo, and impaired judgment. Throw in a little domestic violence, and you have the perfect recipe for a family slaughter.

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"Dexter: Let's Give the Boy a Hand (#1.4)" (2006)

Dexter Morgan: [voiceover] Everyone hides who they are at least some of the time. Sometimes you bury that part of yourself so deeply you have to be reminded it's even there at all. And sometimes you just want to forget who you are altogether... I'm not the monster he wants me to be so I'm neither man nor beast. I'm something new entirely... I'm Dexter. Boo.

Dexter Morgan: People think it's fun to pretend your a monster. Me I spend my life pretending I'm not.

Dexter Morgan: I love Halloween. The one time of year when everyone wears a mask... not just me. People think it's fun to pretend you're a monster. Me, I spend my life pretending I'm not. Brother, friend, boyfriend - All part of my costume collection. Some people might call me a fraud. Let's see if it will fit. I prefer to think of myself as a master of disguise.

Dexter Morgan: You could take him inside!
Rita's Neighbor: Walther is an outside dog.
Dexter Morgan: You take him inside, he is a inside dog.
Rita's Neighbor: He doesn't like being inside.
Dexter Morgan: He tell you that?

Harry Morgan: Being part of a family means smiling for photos.
Young Dexter: Why should I pretend to be happy?

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"Dexter: Popping Cherry (#1.3)" (2006)

Dexter Morgan: If I had a heart, it would be breaking right now.

Angel Batista: [about the body found on the ice of a hockey arena] What do you think he's trying to tell us?
Dexter Morgan: That hockey's a violent game?

Dexter Morgan: All you can do is play along at life, and hope that sometimes you get it right.

Dexter Morgan: [voiceover] Most people have a hard time dealing with death, but I'm not most people. It's the grief that makes me uncomfortable. Not because I'm a killer, really. I just don't understand all that emotion, which makes it tough to fake.
[putting on sun glasses]
Dexter Morgan: In those cases, shades come in handy.

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"Dexter: Circle of Friends (#1.7)" (2006)

Dexter Morgan: I hate to break this to you Deb, but you know you've got the wrong guy here, right? The Ice Truck Killer drains the blood from his victims, freezes the bodies and only then severs thier limbs. It's clean and efficient, that's his psychological signature. Neil Perry on the other hand, stuffs roadkill.
Debra Morgan: Yeah! And turns 'em into fucked up fantasy shit.
Dexter Morgan: But the fantasies are all wrong! The guy we're lookin' for wouldn't turn dead dirty things into living cartoons, he'd find that pathetic.
Debra Morgan: How do you know?
Dexter Morgan: [pause] Because it is pathetic.

Dexter Morgan: I'm a lot like you, you know?
Jeremy Downs: Yeah, right. You're a killer?
Dexter Morgan: I'm empty... but I found a way to make it feel less bottomless.
Jeremy Downs: How?
Dexter Morgan: Pretend. You pretend the feelings are there, for the world and for the people around you. Who knows, maybe one day they will be.

Dexter Morgan: The FBI estimates that there are less than 50 serial killers active in the United States today. We don't get together at conventions, share trade secrets, or exchange Christmas cards...But sometimes I wonder what it's like for the others. The only sound I hear, the only sound in the entire world....is my heart beating.

Dexter Morgan: For weeks, I've felt like a student in a master class. Is it really possible that the master's on the run? And even more tragic, does he live in a double-wide?

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"Dexter: It's Alive! (#2.1)" (2007)

Dexter Morgan: There are moments when I feel the mask is slipping.

Dexter Morgan: Blood. Sometimes, it sets my teeth on edge. Other times, it helps me control the chaos.

Angel Batista: Don't forget. Tell the universe what you need.
Dexter Morgan: [voiceover] I really need... to kill somebody.

Dexter Morgan: [voiceover] I don't normally seek human contact in times of failure. But then, I don't normally experience failure.

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"Dexter: Father Knows Best (#1.9)" (2006)

Dexter Morgan: I built my life on Harry's code. I lived by it. But Harry lied. Why would he do that? What else don't I know? My concrete foundation is turning to shifting sand. Maybe Rudy was right. You never can truly know anyone.

Dexter Morgan: Thank God for showers. Private time to think. Harder to come by now that I'm in a real relationship.

Dexter Morgan: Blood never lies.

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"Dexter: Morning Comes (#2.8)" (2007)

Dexter Morgan: Hi, you wanted to...
Special Agent Frank Lundy: Morgan, come in. Can I offer you some tea?
Dexter Morgan: Uh, no, thank you. I'm...
Dexter Morgan: [thinking] And he pours it anyway. He's trying to throw me off balance, show that I don't have the power to say no to him.
Special Agent Frank Lundy: How about some sesame crackers to go with that?
Dexter Morgan: [thinking] So I'll say yes to everything.
Dexter Morgan: I'd love some.
Special Agent Frank Lundy: Oh. Sorry. Guess I ate them all.
Dexter Morgan: [thinking] Asshole.

Special Agent Frank Lundy: So, you worked firsthand on, what, four of the cases related to the Bay Harbor investigation?
Dexter Morgan: I believe so.
Special Agent Frank Lundy: Your reports were a real pleasure to read. Concise, meticulous. I appreciate that.
Dexter Morgan: Good. Thank you.
Special Agent Frank Lundy: Does your sister prefer meat or fish?
Dexter Morgan: Debra?
Special Agent Frank Lundy: You have more than one?
Dexter Morgan: Sister? Uh, no. Just Deb.
Special Agent Frank Lundy: Or is she more of a salad kind of person?
Dexter Morgan: She's definitely a carnivore.
Special Agent Frank Lundy: Good. Good.

Special Agent Frank Lundy: So... the Rodrigo case. Let's talk about that one.
Dexter Morgan: Okay.
Special Agent Frank Lundy: Kind of blew it, didn't you?
Dexter Morgan: I'm sorry?
Special Agent Frank Lundy: Anthony Rodrigo: crack dealer with an apparent habit of killing people who got in his way. I believe this was... yes, Doakes' and Batista's case. They finally tied Rodrigo to one of his victims, built a solid manslaughter case, would have got him off the street for a few years. But the case largely rested on the blood work that you did. Blood work that in the course of the trial was proven to be, well... wrong. So, you - one of the most cautious and precise forensic specialists I've had the pleasure to work with - you performed blood work that directly led to Rodrigo walking free. I asked myself, "How the hell did that happen?"
Dexter Morgan: [thinking] And did you answer, "Dexter blew the case on purpose so that he could get Rodrigo off the streets for good with a cordless reciprocating saw"?
Dexter Morgan: I'm sorry. You've caught me off-guard here.
Special Agent Frank Lundy: Sloppy blood work.

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"Dexter: Return to Sender (#1.6)" (2006)

Dexter Morgan: I don't have bad dreams. When I sleep, all of me sleeps. Nothing ever goes bump in Dexter's night.

Dexter Morgan: What am I even looking for?
Vince Masuka: Wait for it.
Dexter Morgan: This is a prelim. I don't have time to...
Vince Masuka: M-Fucking-99
Dexter Morgan: Etorphine Hydrochloride?
Vince Masuka: An animal tranquilizer more powerful than morphine. Causes total paralysis. That mark on her neck kept bugging me, so I ordered up a tox screen.
Dexter Morgan: [voice over] That's it. No more doughnuts for Masuka.

Dexter Morgan: I don't get birthdays, the party, the song. Celebrating another year just being alive feels... forced.

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"Dexter: Shrink Wrap (#1.8)" (2006)

Dexter Morgan: [the psychiatrist turns off the lights] What are you doing?
Dr. Emmett Meridian: I'm going to talk you through a relaxation exercise. Just close your eyes and focus on your breathing. Count each inhale and exhale. In: one, out: two and so on.
[Dexter complies]
Dexter Morgan: [in voiceover] This is ridiculous. I could be killing him right now.

Dexter Morgan: I can't kill Dr. Meridien yet. I still need another therapy session.

Dexter Morgan: Nothing like some Little Debbies and a worthy new adversary to clear my head.

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"Dexter: The British Invasion (#2.12)" (2007)

Rita Bennett: What's going on?
Dexter Morgan: The kids are missing.

Dexter Morgan: If I'm in a cage, it will seriously undermine my frame job.

Dexter Morgan: [about the kids] The sex police are here.

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"Dexter: An Inconvenient Lie (#2.3)" (2007)

Dexter Morgan: I'm Dexter and I'm not sure what I am.
Narcotics Anonymous Group: Hi, Dexter.
Dexter Morgan: I just know there's something dark in me and I hide it. I certainly don't talk about it, but it's there always, this Dark Passenger. And when he's driving, I feel alive, half sick with the thrill of complete wrongness. I don't fight him, I don't want to. He's all I've got. Nothing else could love me, not even... especially not me. Or is that just a lie the Dark Passenger tells me? Because lately there are these moments when I feel connected to something else... someone. It's like the mask is slipping and things... people... who never mattered before are suddenly starting to matter. It scares the hell out of me.

Vince Masuka: Who's your daddy?
Dexter Morgan: Uh... Harry Morgan.

Vince Masuka: Most of them have been underwater for years. But some, it's awesome, you can't even tell. The temperature on the ocean floor, and the airtight bags kept them intact. I mean, a little gelatinous residue, sure. But...
Dexter Morgan: [voiceover] I'd rather remember my old playmates as they were. Neat, clean little packages.

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"Dexter: Love American Style (#1.5)" (2006)

[Dexter is daydreaming at a crime scene; soft piano music is playing]
Dexter Morgan: [v.o] 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.
Sergeant Doakes: [Doakes seemingly walks up out of nowhere] Stop grinning like a fucking psycho and get back to work!

[Dexter is staring off into space at a crime scene]
Dexter Morgan: [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.
Sergeant Doakes: Stop grinning like a fucking psycho and get back to work!

Dexter Morgan: Maybe if I don't blink, my eyes will tear up.

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"Dexter: See-Through (#2.4)" (2007)

Dexter Morgan: [voiceover] In our most paranoid moments, we fear that everyone is talking about us. That's become my reality. I can't hear what they're saying, but I know it's not nice.

Dexter Morgan: [voiceover] I've always been good with parents. The key is to simply think of them as aliens from a distant universe.

Dexter Morgan: [voiceover] I refuse to believe that vince masuka is the man who single-handedly brings me down. I also know denial is the first stage of the grieving process for those who learn they're going to die.

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"Dexter: Dex, Lies & Videotape (#2.6)" (2007)

Dexter Morgan: The full force of the FBI, that's the last thing I need. I've got to make sure Lundy gets his man. After I figure out a way to erase the marina files. And make up with my girlfriend. And then maybe I'll tackle world hunger because things can't really get much worse.

Dexter Morgan: [voiceover] The show has already started, but have they seen the feature presentation? Bane of the Bay Harbor Butcher starring Dexter Morgan as himself?

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"Dexter: Waiting to Exhale (#2.2)" (2007)

[Walking into a church with Rita, Cody, and Astor]
Dexter Morgan: If I believed in God - If I believed in sin - this is the place where I'd be sucked straight to Hell... if I believed in Hell.

Dexter Morgan: I'm drifting, but not to sleep.

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"Dexter: Resistance Is Futile (#2.9)" (2007)

Sergeant Doakes: Jesus Christ, Morgan. Jesus fucking Christ, YOU'RE the Bay Harbor Butcher.
Dexter Morgan: [calmly] I really hate that name.
Sergeant Doakes: Jesus Christ, man.
Dexter Morgan: [calmly] You said that.

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"Dexter: That Night, a Forest Grew (#2.7)" (2007)

Dexter Morgan: [in bed] You really know what you want, don't you?
Lila: I hope you don't mind. Some men do.
Dexter Morgan: No. I've always found instruction manuals... quite useful.
Lila: Okay, your turn. What do you want?
Dexter Morgan: I think that was it.
Lila: Hmm, come on. You must have some dark fantasies, unfulfilled urges.
Dexter Morgan: I'm pretty good at acting on those.
Lila: Really? Then fuck me like that.

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