- Dexter Morgan: Despite having considered myself a monster for as long as I can remember, it still comes as a shock when I'm confronted with the depth of evil that exists in this world.
- [last lines]
- Dexter Morgan: [narrating] Harry tried to mold me into the image of the monster he thought I was. He told me to flee human connection, so that became a way of life for me. But with Lumen, I'm someone different. In her eyes, I'm not a monster at all.
- Lumen Ann Pierce: I want to be the one to do this.
- Dexter Morgan: It's one thing to watch, it's another to actually do it.
- Lumen Ann Pierce: I know.
- Dexter Morgan: It will change you.
- Lumen Ann Pierce: I'm already changed.
- [first lines]
- Dexter Morgan: [narrating] They say that history repeats itself. But I will never put my family in danger again. Not that Jordan Chase knows Lumen and I are on to him, I need to plan for the worst.