- Rita Bennett: [about the Bay harbor butcher] You know, I hope they catch him today. And I'm not a violent person, but I hope they hurt him.
- [to Dexter]
- Rita Bennett: Have a good day.
- Dexter Morgan: [narrating] Make up your mind.
- Dexter Morgan: I've always been good with parents. The key is to simply think of them as aliens from a distant universe. "You have fibers and threads unknown to us."
- [observing the dinner prayer]
- Dexter Morgan: "Your ancient customs intrigue me."
- Off. Debra Morgan: I took your advice.
- Special Agent Frank Lundy: My advice?
- Off. Debra Morgan: To get out and have some fun. Got laid big-time.
- Special Agent Frank Lundy: [In a way that tells he conciders this to much information] Oh. Well.
- Off. Debra Morgan: Oh... Oh, I mean... I don't usually just go to the gym and pick up strangers.
- Special Agent Frank Lundy: The Gym?
- [laughs]
- Off. Debra Morgan: Really, you have to save me here, or I'm gonna go outside and shoot myself.
- Special Agent Frank Lundy: The way you're going, you'd probably miss.
- 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 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.
- [last lines]
- Dexter Morgan: [voiceover] It's an odd sensation to be experiencing what might be called hope for the first time in my life, at the same time I suddenly find myself weighing the benefits of electrocution, versus lethal injection - but here I am.
- [first lines]
- Dexter Morgan: Just as the worst heat wave in years hits Miami, the heat is also on me. It's week 3 of the Bay Harbor Butch investigation, and super-duper Agent Lundy has yet to throw up his hands and say, wow this guy's good, I give up.
- Dexter Morgan: [about her sculptures] Why are they eating each other.
- Lila Tournay: Don't know, ask them...
- Dexter Morgan: You do realize, I work for the Police Department...
- Lila Tournay: If we get caught, you can flash your badge.
- Dexter Morgan: I don't have a badge, I have a laminate.
- Gail Brandon: If he only goes after criminals, I say leave him alone. He has *my* seal of approval.
- Dexter Morgan: [thinking to himself] Perhaps I have misjudged you, oh wise one.
- Lila Tournay: [looking at murder victim on exam table] This... Incredible.
- Dexter Morgan: But the person who did this is...
- Lila Tournay: Is a person just like me. Like you. We're all good, Dexter. And we're all evil.
- Dexter Morgan: [thinking to himself] I thought I'd closed the door to anyone 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 Tournay: You haven't got the first idea who you are, have you? Dexter, meet Dexter. I'm gonna help the two of you get to know each other.
- Male News Show Host: I say put this Bay Harbor Butcher on the city payroll, give him a corner office, a company car and all the ammunition he needs. At least somebody is doing something to clean up Miami, which is more than I can say for those folks down at City Hall.