“Man has always been drawn to the sea, but it’s an unnatural setting for us. A place of great danger. Tides, currents, waves, wind- each presenting their own hazards, none of which can be ignored. The slightest lapse in judgment could be a mistake you might never recover from. But a good sailor doesn’t fight against these elements. A good sailor works with them, using them to his advantage. While others less fortunate might be forever cast adrift, often in several pieces, he always comes home safely”

Doakes: That shit about your father… If 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 have.
Dexter: Did you happen to be stuffing a human leg into a garbage bag at that point?

Dexter: We have serious shit.
Lumen: What does that mean?
Dexter: It’s just something Deb said about us.
Lumen: You told her about us?
Dexter: No, she was talking about the vigilantes. She was talking about us without knowing she was talking about us.
Lumen: Oh. Maybe… We should both take off.
Dexter: Get on a cruise ship.
Lumen: Hop a freighter.
Dexter: Steal a tugboat.
Lumen: You said that you didn’t want me to leave. Does that mean that you want me to stay?
Dexter: I do.

I never really got the whole super hero thing. But lately it does seem we have a lot in common: tragic beginnings, secret identities, part human, part mutant…Arch enemies.

Dexter Morgan, Season 2 - Episode 5 “The Dark Defender”

They’re still playing my tune. It’s like I’m conducting my final symphony- ‘Requiem for Demonic Dexter’. And forming the entire brass section- Sgt. James Doakes. When I reach the end maybe I can lay to rest the monster formerly known as Dexter. Just hang in there Mr. Wilson.

Dexter Morgan, Season 2 - Episode 7 “That Night, A Forest Grew”

Angel to Dexter, about The Bay Harbor Butcher.