- Dexter Morgan: [narrating] You don't always have to destroy a wounded animal. Sometimes you just remove the thorn.
- [last lines]
- Dexter Morgan: [narrating] Dexter Morgan, family man. All of my previous attempts at human connection have ended in, well, death. Now I have a partner for life. How did that happen? Am I drawn to the safety of belonging? Being part of something bigger than me? Either way, I'm a married man, soon to be a father. But what do I have to offer a child? Just... me. "Demented daddy Deter." Maybe I'm making the biggest mistake of my life. Nothing's perfect, certainly not me. Certainly not Harry.
- [Harry and Dexter's mother doting nearby]
- Dexter Morgan: Sure I'm still who I was. Who I am? The question is, what will I become? There's so many blanks left to fill-in. But right now, at this moment, I'm content.
- [his injured hand drips blood onto Rita's wedding dress]
- Dexter Morgan: Maybe even... happy. And I have to admit, when all is said and done, life is good.
- Harry Morgan: [about his tossed apartment] Miguel warned you that his death wasn't the end of it.
- Dexter Morgan: So his plan was to make me hire a housekeeper?
- Lt. Maria LaGuerta: [to Batista'a confession about how he met Detective Gianna] We all have secrets we prefer not to share. Skeletons. Feel free to keep yours in the closet - deep in the closet.
- [first lines]
- Dexter Morgan: [narrating] There are few milestones in life that evoke a stronger response than our final act. Death.
- [panning-back, a witness discovers the body]
- George King: [starring at Dexter, whistling]
- Dexter Morgan: [voiceover] I know that look. I've had that look. He likes control. Needs it. So I'll take it away from him.
- Dexter Morgan: [calmly] I killed Freebo. Sorry 'bout that.
- Dexter Morgan: I tied him up, not unlike this. Stabbed him in the left carotid artery. Used his 16-Inch carbon steel bone saw to separate his limbs.
- George King: [approaches Dexter immediately] I don't believe you!
- Dexter Morgan: Divided them equally Amongst six biodegradable trash bags, which are long gone now Carried north on the gulf stream.
- George King: You're lying.
- Dexter Morgan: Usually, not now- no point.
- George King: Why would you have done such a thing?
- Dexter Morgan: Oh I have my excuses and justifications, but really I just... need to. Like you. You have your excuses, finding Freebo, getting your money. But you know he's dead. You know there's no money, so really you're just... a killer. A monster. The stuff of nightmares.
- George King: I could kill you now.
- Dexter Morgan: If you can convince yourself I'm lying, that you need to skin me to get information out of me.
- George King: You are lying. You do know where he is.
- Dexter Morgan: Miguel Prado tell you that?
- George King: [realizing he's been played]
- Dexter Morgan: He wanted me dead. So he used you. He played on your obsession.
- Dexter Morgan: It probably wasn't too hard.
- [laughing]
- Dexter Morgan: I mean you're a little single-Minded.
- George King: Let's hope you're this talk active once i get my tools.