Grey's Anatomy Quotes
Violet: What's the matter, Cooper?
Cooper: I don't go to hookers, I don't go to strip clubs. I meet women on the internet, who want to meet me. So I like them a little younger and a little dirtier. Is that wrong?
[Naomi & Violet just stare at him]
Cooper: It's wrong?
Naomi: You need to meet a grown up. You need to date someone your own age.
Violet: Someone without a porny internet name and perhaps no criminal past.
Naomi: A nice girl.
Violet: A reliable girl.
Naomi: Someone who you can have a relationship with.
Violet: You're a respected doctor.
Naomi: Go out in the real world. Meet a woman your own age and go out.
Violet: Be a man.
Cooper: I don't go to hookers, I don't go to strip clubs. I meet women on the internet, who want to meet me. So I like them a little younger and a little dirtier. Is that wrong?
[Naomi & Violet just stare at him]
Cooper: It's wrong?
Naomi: You need to meet a grown up. You need to date someone your own age.
Violet: Someone without a porny internet name and perhaps no criminal past.
Naomi: A nice girl.
Violet: A reliable girl.
Naomi: Someone who you can have a relationship with.
Violet: You're a respected doctor.
Naomi: Go out in the real world. Meet a woman your own age and go out.
Violet: Be a man.
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[Addison is sitting in a stairwell, crying]
Pete: There you are. I just stopped by to see how Lisa and the baby are doing.
Addison: [wipes her eyes]
Pete: You okay?
Addison: Yeah. I, uh, had a little too much surgery today. I'm good.
Pete: You look good. You look beautiful. Sam told me I had to stay away from you because your Naomi's friend.
Addison: Stop it.
Pete: What?
Addison: You're flirting.
Pete: What's wrong with flirting?
Addison: What's wrong with it? What's wrong? What's wrong is that I don’t have time for it. I am out of time. I missed my chance. And now I have two eggs left, I might as well have no eggs left. I am egg-less. Naomi says she's dried up? I'm the one who's dried up. I'm all barren and dried up. And I'm clearly wasting my time on men. I mean, I might as well take up hobbies. Like needlepoint or collecting those ceramic dolls because that's what dried up women do. They do needlepoint. They don't waste their time flirting with men who clearly just want to get laid. [get’s choked up] They don't waste their time telling overly personal information about their eggs to total strangers. Oh my God. I'm sorry.
[Addison stands up - but Pete grabs her]
Addison: What are you doing?
Pete: I'm going to kiss you. I’m going to kiss you with tongue. I'm going kiss you so you feel it. Okay?
Addison: [wipes her nose] Okay.
[they kiss]:
Addison: What was that for?
Pete: To remind you that you're not dried up. [walks down the stairs] If you need me to remind you again, lemme know. [walks out the door]
Addison: Okay.
Pete: There you are. I just stopped by to see how Lisa and the baby are doing.
Addison: [wipes her eyes]
Pete: You okay?
Addison: Yeah. I, uh, had a little too much surgery today. I'm good.
Pete: You look good. You look beautiful. Sam told me I had to stay away from you because your Naomi's friend.
Addison: Stop it.
Pete: What?
Addison: You're flirting.
Pete: What's wrong with flirting?
Addison: What's wrong with it? What's wrong? What's wrong is that I don’t have time for it. I am out of time. I missed my chance. And now I have two eggs left, I might as well have no eggs left. I am egg-less. Naomi says she's dried up? I'm the one who's dried up. I'm all barren and dried up. And I'm clearly wasting my time on men. I mean, I might as well take up hobbies. Like needlepoint or collecting those ceramic dolls because that's what dried up women do. They do needlepoint. They don't waste their time flirting with men who clearly just want to get laid. [get’s choked up] They don't waste their time telling overly personal information about their eggs to total strangers. Oh my God. I'm sorry.
[Addison stands up - but Pete grabs her]
Addison: What are you doing?
Pete: I'm going to kiss you. I’m going to kiss you with tongue. I'm going kiss you so you feel it. Okay?
Addison: [wipes her nose] Okay.
[they kiss]:
Addison: What was that for?
Pete: To remind you that you're not dried up. [walks down the stairs] If you need me to remind you again, lemme know. [walks out the door]
Addison: Okay.
TV Show: Grey's Anatomy
Meredith: [voiceover] At some point maybe we accept the dream has become a nightmare. We tell ourselves that reality is better. We convince ourselves it's better that we never dream at all. But, the strongest of us, the most determined of us, holds on to the dream or we find ourselves faced with a fresh dream we never considered. We wake to find ourselves, against all odds, feeling hopeful. And, if we're lucky, we realize in the face of everything, in the face of life the true dream is being able to dream at all.
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Meredith: [voiceover] A surgeon's education never ends. Every patient, every symptom, every operation...is a test. A chance for us to demonstrate how much we know. And how much more we have to learn.
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Chief: So, how you feeling, Preston? You ready?
Burke: Well, I'm always ready for surgery.
Derek: I think he's talking about the wedding.
Richard: Yah, tomorrow's a big day.
Burke: And apart from the fact that Cristina hasn't written her vows, my best man just cancelled, and it's still raining.
Derek: He's not ready.
Richard: You're never ready. I certainly wasn't. And then, the minute I saw Adele coming down that aisle...Well. Have you picked your best man?
Burke: Actually, Chief...
Derek: You can't be his best man!
Richard: Why not?
Derek: It's unethical; it's a conflict of interest. The man wants to be Chief of Surgery.
Burke: Actually, Derek...
Derek: Not that that's why you're asking...
Burke: I was going to ask you.
Derek: Ask me what? [pauses] Oh! Really?
Burke: We have been through a lot this year.
Derek: And everybody else turned you down. Alright, what do I have to do?
Richard: Well, traditionally, the best man plans the bachelor party.
Derek: Drinks at Joe's after work.
Burke: I knew you were the man for the job.
Burke: Well, I'm always ready for surgery.
Derek: I think he's talking about the wedding.
Richard: Yah, tomorrow's a big day.
Burke: And apart from the fact that Cristina hasn't written her vows, my best man just cancelled, and it's still raining.
Derek: He's not ready.
Richard: You're never ready. I certainly wasn't. And then, the minute I saw Adele coming down that aisle...Well. Have you picked your best man?
Burke: Actually, Chief...
Derek: You can't be his best man!
Richard: Why not?
Derek: It's unethical; it's a conflict of interest. The man wants to be Chief of Surgery.
Burke: Actually, Derek...
Derek: Not that that's why you're asking...
Burke: I was going to ask you.
Derek: Ask me what? [pauses] Oh! Really?
Burke: We have been through a lot this year.
Derek: And everybody else turned you down. Alright, what do I have to do?
Richard: Well, traditionally, the best man plans the bachelor party.
Derek: Drinks at Joe's after work.
Burke: I knew you were the man for the job.
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Mark: The bachelor party was short handed. Which explains why I'm here.
Addison: I'm the only woman here. Am I supposed to the be the entertainment? Because I'm not stripping.
Derek: [referring to himself and Mark] That's all right, we've all seen it before.
Mark: True.
Burke: I haven't.
Addison: I'm the only woman here. Am I supposed to the be the entertainment? Because I'm not stripping.
Derek: [referring to himself and Mark] That's all right, we've all seen it before.
Mark: True.
Burke: I haven't.
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Meredith: If you called me here to lecture me...
Chief: There's a copy of the interns' exam on the table. And a number two pencil and a bottle of water and a sandwich if you get hungry. I assigned a proctor and I will come back in a few hours to check on you.
[The Chief starts to leave]
Meredith: You're not my father.
[He stops immediately and looks at her]
Chief: I know that.
[They exchange a look, then he pulls her into a hug. Relieved, she sinks in his arms and starts to cry]
Chief: I know.
Chief: There's a copy of the interns' exam on the table. And a number two pencil and a bottle of water and a sandwich if you get hungry. I assigned a proctor and I will come back in a few hours to check on you.
[The Chief starts to leave]
Meredith: You're not my father.
[He stops immediately and looks at her]
Chief: I know that.
[They exchange a look, then he pulls her into a hug. Relieved, she sinks in his arms and starts to cry]
Chief: I know.
TV Show: Grey's Anatomy
Cristina: What am I supposed to say? "I swear to love and cherish you every moment of everyday of my life?" I mean, th-th-that's not real. I mean, that's not how it works, right?
Callie: It does, at first, but then it...
Meredith: ...It passes.
Izzie: No it doesn't. You guys are just used to it, that's all. You already have it, you have that thing everybody else wants. You can take it for granted, but let me tell you, if you didn't - if you couldn't be with the person that you love, I guarantee that hearing him promise to love you and honor you and cherish you, no matter what, it would be pretty much all you could think about.
Cristina: Wait, can you say that again? Just slowly.
Meredith: You're talking about Denny, right?
Izzie: Right.
Callie: It does, at first, but then it...
Meredith: ...It passes.
Izzie: No it doesn't. You guys are just used to it, that's all. You already have it, you have that thing everybody else wants. You can take it for granted, but let me tell you, if you didn't - if you couldn't be with the person that you love, I guarantee that hearing him promise to love you and honor you and cherish you, no matter what, it would be pretty much all you could think about.
Cristina: Wait, can you say that again? Just slowly.
Meredith: You're talking about Denny, right?
Izzie: Right.
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Chief[voiceover]: Being chief is about responsibility. Every single surgical patient in a hospital is your patient. Whether you´re the one who cut them open or not. The scalpel stopped with these. You need to be able to look at her family. And to tell them your team did everything they could to save someones job. The husband, the wife, you get caught up. Taking care about the people´s families. And responsibility... it makes you... you take care of the people's families. And you sacrifice your own.
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Meredith: I know I haven´t been myself lately, but I´m me again, so I was thinking maybe you should sleep over because the me that I am is horny for the you that you are.
Derek: I met a woman last night.
Meredith: You met a woman last night.
Derek: I´m telling you this because we don´t keep secrets. I don´t keep secrets. Nothing happened. She was pretty, I noticed. And we talked.
Meredith: You met a woman last night.
Derek: Yeah.
Meredith: So, should I be worried or something?
Derek: Should you be worried that I met a woman? No. Should you be worried that, for me, flirting with that woman was a highlight of my week? Yeah, you should be worried or something.
Derek: I met a woman last night.
Meredith: You met a woman last night.
Derek: I´m telling you this because we don´t keep secrets. I don´t keep secrets. Nothing happened. She was pretty, I noticed. And we talked.
Meredith: You met a woman last night.
Derek: Yeah.
Meredith: So, should I be worried or something?
Derek: Should you be worried that I met a woman? No. Should you be worried that, for me, flirting with that woman was a highlight of my week? Yeah, you should be worried or something.
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Cristina: Meredith, please say something, say something!
Meredith: I...I don´t know.
Cristina: Say what I would say you if you were me.
Meredith: Okay.
Cristina: Good.
Meredith: Got it.
Cristina: Good. Go.
Meredith: Stop whining. This is your wedding day. You will go down that aisle. You will get married! If I have to kick your ass, every step by the way to get you there. You will walk down the aisle and you will get married. Do you hear me Cristina? We need this. We need you to get your happy ending.
Cristina: Okay, I´m ready.
Meredith: I...I don´t know.
Cristina: Say what I would say you if you were me.
Meredith: Okay.
Cristina: Good.
Meredith: Got it.
Cristina: Good. Go.
Meredith: Stop whining. This is your wedding day. You will go down that aisle. You will get married! If I have to kick your ass, every step by the way to get you there. You will walk down the aisle and you will get married. Do you hear me Cristina? We need this. We need you to get your happy ending.
Cristina: Okay, I´m ready.
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Cristina: I'm ready. I'm fine. Meredith talked me down. Really, I'm fine. Go, go, go. I'll be right behind you.
Burke: I'm sorry.
Cristina: Oh. No, I can do this. Y'know, I had a momentary freak out, but now I'm fine. I can do this.
Burke: But you don't want to do this. I'm up there waiting for you to come down that aisle, and I know you don't want to come. I know you don't want to come but that you'll come anyway because you love me. And if I loved you - if I loved you, not the woman that I'm trying to make you be, not the woman that I'm hoping you'll become – but you. If I did, I wouldn’t be up there waiting for you. I'd be letting you go.
Cristina: I am wearing the dress. I'm ready. And, and maybe I didn't want to before. But I want to now. I really think I want this.
Burke: I really wish you didn’t think. I wish that you knew.
Burke: I'm sorry.
Cristina: Oh. No, I can do this. Y'know, I had a momentary freak out, but now I'm fine. I can do this.
Burke: But you don't want to do this. I'm up there waiting for you to come down that aisle, and I know you don't want to come. I know you don't want to come but that you'll come anyway because you love me. And if I loved you - if I loved you, not the woman that I'm trying to make you be, not the woman that I'm hoping you'll become – but you. If I did, I wouldn’t be up there waiting for you. I'd be letting you go.
Cristina: I am wearing the dress. I'm ready. And, and maybe I didn't want to before. But I want to now. I really think I want this.
Burke: I really wish you didn’t think. I wish that you knew.
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Burke: Cristina; I could promise to hold you, and to cherish you. I could promise to be there in sickness and in health. I could say 'til death do us part, but I won't. Those vows are for optimistic couples, the ones full of hope. And I do not stand here on my wedding day optimistic or full of hope. I am not optimistic, I am not. I am sure. I am steady. And I know I am a heart man, take them apart, put them back together. I hold them in my hands. I am a heart man. So this, I am sure. You are my partner, my lover, my very best friend. My heart, my heart, beats for you. And on this day, the day of our wedding, I promise you this. I promise you to lay my heart in the palm of your hands. I promise you, me.
...
Addison: I think I speak for every woman here when I say... dump her. Dump Yang and marry me.
...
Addison: I think I speak for every woman here when I say... dump her. Dump Yang and marry me.
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Meredith: [voiceover] In the practice of medicine, change is inevitable. New surgical techniques are created, procedures are updated, levels of expertise increase. Innovation is everything, nothing remains the same for long. We either adapt to change, or we get left behind.
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Meredith[voiceover]: There comes a point in your life when you're officially an adult. Suddenly, you're old enough to vote, drink, and engage in other adult activities. Suddenly, people expect you to be responsible, serious... a grown up. We get taller, we get older. But do we ever really grow up?
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Izzie: People are terrible to the people they love sometimes. They're mean. You were both having a hard time and you took it out on each other. It doesn't make you the worst wife in the world. It just makes you a person who made a mistake.
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Cristina: [to new interns] I have five rules. Memorize them. Rule number one, don't bother sucking up. I already hate you, that's not gonna change.
Izzie: Traumas protocol, phone lists, pagers. The nurses will page you, you answer every page at a run. A run. That's rule number two. [notices the interns are not following her] You're supposed to follow me.
Alex: The first shift starts now and lasts 36 hours. You're grunts, nobodies, the bottom of the surgical food chain. You run labs, write orders, work every second night until you drop. And you don't complain.
Meredith: On call rooms. Sleep when you can, where you can. You know, but not with anybody. Not attendings, especially not attendings. Sleeping with attendings, not a good idea. Where was I?
George: Er, rule number three. If you're sleeping, do not wake you unless the patient is actually dying.
Cristina: The dying patient better not be dead when I get there, because not only will you have killed someone, you will have woken me for no good reason. Are we clear? [Lexie raises her hand] Yes?
Lexie: That was four rules. You said five.
Cristina: Rule number five. When I move, you move. [awkward pause as nobody moves] Go! [Cristina's interns scramble off]
Izzie: Traumas protocol, phone lists, pagers. The nurses will page you, you answer every page at a run. A run. That's rule number two. [notices the interns are not following her] You're supposed to follow me.
Alex: The first shift starts now and lasts 36 hours. You're grunts, nobodies, the bottom of the surgical food chain. You run labs, write orders, work every second night until you drop. And you don't complain.
Meredith: On call rooms. Sleep when you can, where you can. You know, but not with anybody. Not attendings, especially not attendings. Sleeping with attendings, not a good idea. Where was I?
George: Er, rule number three. If you're sleeping, do not wake you unless the patient is actually dying.
Cristina: The dying patient better not be dead when I get there, because not only will you have killed someone, you will have woken me for no good reason. Are we clear? [Lexie raises her hand] Yes?
Lexie: That was four rules. You said five.
Cristina: Rule number five. When I move, you move. [awkward pause as nobody moves] Go! [Cristina's interns scramble off]
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Meredith: I...uhm...
Derek: You're not ready for this.
Meredith: No.
Derek: I asked for too much.
Meredith: I think so.
Derek: So, this is it?
Meredith: Yeah.
Derek: We're breaking up?
Meredith: We're breaking up.
Derek: [Walks to Meredith] We're broken up.
Meredith: It's done.
[They start kissing]
Derek: Break-up kiss.
Meredith: Break-up kiss.
Derek: [Removes his jacket] And some break-up sex.
Meredith: Yeah, break-up sex.
Derek: You're not ready for this.
Meredith: No.
Derek: I asked for too much.
Meredith: I think so.
Derek: So, this is it?
Meredith: Yeah.
Derek: We're breaking up?
Meredith: We're breaking up.
Derek: [Walks to Meredith] We're broken up.
Meredith: It's done.
[They start kissing]
Derek: Break-up kiss.
Meredith: Break-up kiss.
Derek: [Removes his jacket] And some break-up sex.
Meredith: Yeah, break-up sex.
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Mark: I really am up for a drink, you know if you need to talk.
Derek: What would I need to talk about?
Mark: Meredith. You were lucky, man. That girl jerked you around.
Derek: You have no idea what you're talking about.
Mark: Hey, I'm just... seem like you can use a friend right about now.
Derek: Meredith's mother never wanted her and her father was never man enough to hang around. She has a right to be damaged and us, together? It's a big step for her. Her best friend gets left at the altar, and all she sees now is things like this, they don't work. She panics. She wants this, but she doesn't know how to have it. And you know what? It's not her fault. So don't ever talk to me about Meredith Grey again because you do not know what you are talking about. And I don't want a friend.
Derek: What would I need to talk about?
Mark: Meredith. You were lucky, man. That girl jerked you around.
Derek: You have no idea what you're talking about.
Mark: Hey, I'm just... seem like you can use a friend right about now.
Derek: Meredith's mother never wanted her and her father was never man enough to hang around. She has a right to be damaged and us, together? It's a big step for her. Her best friend gets left at the altar, and all she sees now is things like this, they don't work. She panics. She wants this, but she doesn't know how to have it. And you know what? It's not her fault. So don't ever talk to me about Meredith Grey again because you do not know what you are talking about. And I don't want a friend.
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Meredith: [voiceover] Change; we don’t like it, we fear it, but we can't stop it from coming. We either adapt to change, or we get left behind. And it hurts to grow, anybody who tells you it doesn’t is lying. But here's the truth: The more things change, the more they stay the same. And sometimes, oh, sometimes change is good. Sometimes change, is, everything.
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Meredith: [voiceover] In the hospital, we see addiction every day. It's shocking how many kinds of addiction exist. It would be too easy if it were just drugs and booze and cigarettes. I think the hardest part of kicking a habit is wanting to kick it. I mean, we get addicted for a reason, right? Often, too often, things that start out as just a normal part of your life at some point cross the line to obsessive, compulsive, out of control. It's the high we're chasing, the high that makes everything else fade away.
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Mark: Let me guess, you and Meredith are back together and you've been up all night doing the horizontal salsa.
Derek: Mambo. Horizontal mambo. Meredith and I, we're just friends.
Mark: Sexy friends.
Derek: You're like the worst, most juvenile human being I've ever met in my life.
Mark: You know the first step to recovery is admitting you have a problem?
Derek: How many nurses have you slept with this week?
Mark: That's not a problem, man. That’s an adventure
Derek: Mambo. Horizontal mambo. Meredith and I, we're just friends.
Mark: Sexy friends.
Derek: You're like the worst, most juvenile human being I've ever met in my life.
Mark: You know the first step to recovery is admitting you have a problem?
Derek: How many nurses have you slept with this week?
Mark: That's not a problem, man. That’s an adventure
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[Pager beeps]
Cristina: Carnage in the pit. My day is improving. [Cristina walks away and turns to her interns] Follow. [Interns run to follow her]
Lexie: We're not gonna round?
Cristina: Carnage trumps rounds, Three. Write that down. Carnage always trumps rounds.
Cristina: Carnage in the pit. My day is improving. [Cristina walks away and turns to her interns] Follow. [Interns run to follow her]
Lexie: We're not gonna round?
Cristina: Carnage trumps rounds, Three. Write that down. Carnage always trumps rounds.
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Meredith: [voiceover] The thing about addiction is it never ends well, because eventually, whatever it is that was getting us high stops feeling good and starts to hurt. Still, they say you don’t kick the habit until you hit rock bottom, but how do you know when you’re there? Because no matter how badly a thing is hurting us, sometimes letting it go hurts even worse.
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Meredith: [voiceover] Doctors give patients a number of things. We give them medicine, we give them advice, and most of the time, we give them our undivided attention. But, by far, the hardest thing you can give a patient is the truth. The truth is hard. The truth is awkward, and very often, the truth hurts. I mean, people think they want the truth, but do they really?
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Cristina: [about Meredith] She´s doing McDreamy! She´s doing McDreamy and lying about it. Does she think I´m weak, that I´m fragile?! Does she think I can´t handle it because of Burke?
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Derek: Meredith isn't telling Cristina about us. She tells Cristina everything.
Mark: I thought you broke that off.
Derek: I meant to.
Mark: You think she´s gonna wanna get back together. You think she´s gonna grow up and get all whole and want a relationship.
Derek: I do not.
Mark: You´re a bad liar.
Derek: You´re old.
Mark: I´m just getting started my friend.
Mark: I thought you broke that off.
Derek: I meant to.
Mark: You think she´s gonna wanna get back together. You think she´s gonna grow up and get all whole and want a relationship.
Derek: I do not.
Mark: You´re a bad liar.
Derek: You´re old.
Mark: I´m just getting started my friend.
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Cristina: I´m stuck in the pit with these know-nothing interns. You'd think eventually I could catch a break.
Meredith: Cristina, are we ever gonna talk about this? The Burke thing?
Cristina: I´m not Izzie. I´m not gonna lay at the bathroom floor all day. I´m gonna lay here...on the counter.
Meredith: I think you should have the hemiglossectomy.
Cristina: What?
Meredith: You take the hemiglossectomy and I will take the ER and your interns.
Cristina: Are you sure?
Meredith: Take the surgery. Makes you feel better and you start to regain strength. [Meredith leaves]
Alex: I saw the whole thing, Yang. You can stop pretending.
Cristina: Oh I´m not pretending. I´m sad. I´m very sad. [makes a childish voice] Me so sad.
Alex: Maybe I should try it.
Cristina: Hey forget it. Sad is mine. Go find your own pretend emotion.
Meredith: Cristina, are we ever gonna talk about this? The Burke thing?
Cristina: I´m not Izzie. I´m not gonna lay at the bathroom floor all day. I´m gonna lay here...on the counter.
Meredith: I think you should have the hemiglossectomy.
Cristina: What?
Meredith: You take the hemiglossectomy and I will take the ER and your interns.
Cristina: Are you sure?
Meredith: Take the surgery. Makes you feel better and you start to regain strength. [Meredith leaves]
Alex: I saw the whole thing, Yang. You can stop pretending.
Cristina: Oh I´m not pretending. I´m sad. I´m very sad. [makes a childish voice] Me so sad.
Alex: Maybe I should try it.
Cristina: Hey forget it. Sad is mine. Go find your own pretend emotion.
TV Show: Grey's Anatomy