Dexter: (voiceover) For such a neat monster, I'm making an awfully big mess.

Deb: How do I find out Lila's real name?
Lundy: I think you know the answer to that.
Deb: Cut off her head, look for a label.
Lundy: There's probably an easier way.

Dexter: I've really enjoyed our conversations, James. I lie to everyone I know, except my victims, right before I kill them. It's hard to establish much of a rapport there.

Doakes: There's that anger again. You gotta let that out, man.
Dexter: Careful Sergeant, you might get your wish.

Dexter: (voiceover) I always thought hardening arteries squeezed the life out of my father, but it was me. Harry gazed into the eyes of his creation and saw evil, pure and simple. My evil. It killed him.

Deb: What is this shit, Masuka?
Masuka: Hey, tequila's all the same.
Deb: Not when it's made from pumpkins.

Batista: If I lose my job over this, well … I won’t have a pay grade.
Deb: That is not gonna happen; everyone at the station knows you’re innocent.
Batista: How am I gonna prove it? I can’t explain the Roofies, the rough sex.
Masuka: There was rough sex?
Batista: It was her idea; now it's my word against hers. I'm screwed.
Deb: Angel, you have got to fight back.
Masuka: Dude, Morgan's right. You gonna man up; get tough! Love's a battlefield.
Deb: Or in your case a restraining order.

Deb: Nice hair, Borelli. I'm sure the johns up in, uh, Boystown are loving that Duran Duran look.

During the 1980s, the members of the band Duran Duran all sported mullet haircuts.