Natural Freedom

S08E04 :

Dexter : I need her in my life. (Debra, his sister)

Dr Vogel : You need her?

Dexter : Yes.

Dr Vogel : I understand that you love
Debra, in your own way.

Dexter : "In my own way."

Dr Vogel : But why do you think
you need her?

Dexter : I just do.

Dr Vogel : Deb looks up to you.
Isn't that what you said?

Dexter : She used to.

Dr Vogel : And that made you feel good
about yourself?

Dexter : Yes.

Dr Vogel : Well, no wonder
you feel so lost.
Debra became a mirror,
reflecting a positive image
of yourself
that you used to balance out
with the notion of yourself
as a monster.
Now that mirror is cracked,
and the only reflection you see
is one of darkness.

Dexter : You make it sound like
that part of me isn't real.

Dr Vogel : You are no monster.
You never have been.

Dexter : Anyone on my table
would disagree.

Dr Vogel : Dexter, a monster,
by definition,
is outside of nature,
but you're a part of
the natural order of things,
with purpose, and value.
A right to exist.
And when you come
to accept that,
you'll no longer be dependent
on Debra, or anyone's,
validation.

Dexter : I'll still want her in my life.

Dr Vogel : Want, but not need.

Dexter : [Sighs]

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Iron rusts from disuse;stagnant water loses its purity and in cold weather becomes frozen;even so does inaction sap the vigor of the mind
So we must stretch ourselves to the very limits of human possibility
Anything less is a sin against both God and man