Grey's Anatomy Quotes
Bailey: Do you have a problem?
Izzie: No.
Bailey: Do you have a mocha latte?
Izzie: No.
Bailey: Then go away.
Izzie: No.
Bailey: Do you have a mocha latte?
Izzie: No.
Bailey: Then go away.
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Derek: Maybe you should've thought of that before you gave chief to Burke and invited Satan to Seattle.
Chief: Satan?
Addison: Good morning. Richard, like the hat.
Derek: Satan speaks.
Addison: Actually I prefer to be called ruler of all that is evil. [Richard laughs] But I will answer to Satan.
Chief: Satan?
Addison: Good morning. Richard, like the hat.
Derek: Satan speaks.
Addison: Actually I prefer to be called ruler of all that is evil. [Richard laughs] But I will answer to Satan.
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Alex: I still think it's nuts having major surgery just so people can't tell how you're feeling.
Meredith: Really? You do?
Alex: Nah... I guess not. You could talk, you know, I mean, if you need to.
Meredith: I'm fine.
Alex: You said that word so many times today, it doesn't even sound like a word anymore. Just saying you can talk to me. Because, you know, even if I repeat every word you say, no one around here likes me, they just call me a liar and a moron.
Meredith: Izzie likes you. You're blushing.
Alex: Shut up. For what it's worth, I don't know how you're still on your feet. If I found out my mom might have cancer, I'd be under the bar right now.
Meredith: You want the ugly truth?
Alex: What, you have an ugly truth? I never would have picked you to have an ugly truth.
Meredith: I'm more afraid she doesn't have cancer.
Alex: You know, liver cancer's fast. Painful, but it's fast and they give you morphine. They don't give you morphine for Alzheimer's.
Meredith: No, they don't. [Pause] What kind of person wishes their mother had cancer?
Meredith: Really? You do?
Alex: Nah... I guess not. You could talk, you know, I mean, if you need to.
Meredith: I'm fine.
Alex: You said that word so many times today, it doesn't even sound like a word anymore. Just saying you can talk to me. Because, you know, even if I repeat every word you say, no one around here likes me, they just call me a liar and a moron.
Meredith: Izzie likes you. You're blushing.
Alex: Shut up. For what it's worth, I don't know how you're still on your feet. If I found out my mom might have cancer, I'd be under the bar right now.
Meredith: You want the ugly truth?
Alex: What, you have an ugly truth? I never would have picked you to have an ugly truth.
Meredith: I'm more afraid she doesn't have cancer.
Alex: You know, liver cancer's fast. Painful, but it's fast and they give you morphine. They don't give you morphine for Alzheimer's.
Meredith: No, they don't. [Pause] What kind of person wishes their mother had cancer?
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Meredith: [voiceover] No one likes to lose control, but as a surgeon there's nothing worse. It's a sign of weakness, of not being up to the task. And still there are times when it just gets away from you. When the world stops spinning and you realize that your shiny little scalpel isn't gonna save you. No matter how hard you fight it, you fall. And it's scary as hell. If there's an upside to free-falling, it's the chance you give your friends to catch you.
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Meredith: [voiceover] The key to surviving a surgical internship is denial. We deny that we're tired, we deny that we're scared, we deny how badly we want to succeed. And most importantly, we deny that we're in denial. We only see what we want to see and believe what we want to believe, and it works. We lie to ourselves so much that after a while the lies start to seem like the truth. We deny so much that we can't recognize the truth right in front of our faces.
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Derek: Addison kissed me. Meredith kissed me. My girlfriend and my wife kissed me on the same day.
Bailey: McDreamy, go sit by someone who cares.
Bailey: McDreamy, go sit by someone who cares.
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Addison: Well isn't this cozy. Can I join or are you not in to threesomes?
Meredith: I have to go.
Derek: Meredith... [To Addison] You really are Satan, you realize that right? If Satan were to take physical form he'd be you, everywhere ... all the time.
Addison: I am not Satan.
Derek: How come you haven't gotten on your broomstick and gone back to New York where you belong?
Addison: Stop being petty.
Derek: Stop being an adulterous bitch.
Addison: You know there was a time when you thought of me as your best friend—
Derek: There was a time that I thought you were the love of my life. Things change.
Addison: Derek, have you ever thought that even if I am Satan and an adulterous bitch that I still might be the love of your life?
Meredith: I have to go.
Derek: Meredith... [To Addison] You really are Satan, you realize that right? If Satan were to take physical form he'd be you, everywhere ... all the time.
Addison: I am not Satan.
Derek: How come you haven't gotten on your broomstick and gone back to New York where you belong?
Addison: Stop being petty.
Derek: Stop being an adulterous bitch.
Addison: You know there was a time when you thought of me as your best friend—
Derek: There was a time that I thought you were the love of my life. Things change.
Addison: Derek, have you ever thought that even if I am Satan and an adulterous bitch that I still might be the love of your life?
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Meredith: You've got a wife.
Derek: Yes.
Meredith: Your life is complicated.
Derek: Yes.
Meredith: I don't need complicated, I have complicated all on my own.
Derek: Yes.
Meredith: Stop saying yes.
Derek: I'll try not to make any sudden movements.
Meredith: You think this is funny?
Derek: Addison is leaving. She doesn't have any more patients in this hospital. There's no reason for her to be here.
Meredith: No reason?
Derek: None whatsoever.
Derek: Yes.
Meredith: Your life is complicated.
Derek: Yes.
Meredith: I don't need complicated, I have complicated all on my own.
Derek: Yes.
Meredith: Stop saying yes.
Derek: I'll try not to make any sudden movements.
Meredith: You think this is funny?
Derek: Addison is leaving. She doesn't have any more patients in this hospital. There's no reason for her to be here.
Meredith: No reason?
Derek: None whatsoever.
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Meredith: [voiceover] Sometimes reality has a way of sneaking up and biting us in the ass. And when the dam bursts, all you can do is swim. The world of pretend is a cage, not a cocoon. We can only lie to ourselves for so long. We are tired, we are scared, denying it doesn't change the truth. Sooner or later we have to put aside our denial and face the world. Head on, guns blazing. De Nile. It's not just a river in Egypt, it's a freakin' ocean. So how do you keep from drowning in it?
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Meredith: [voiceover] Pain, it comes in all forms. The small twinge, a bit of soreness, the random pain, the normal pains that we live with everyday. Then there's the kind of pain you can't ignore. A level of pain so great that it blocks out everything else; makes the rest of your world fade away until all we can think about is how much we hurt. How we manage our pain is up to us. Pain. We anaesthetize, ride it out, embrace it, ignore it... and for some of us, the best way to manage pain is to just push through it.
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[Cristina, Meredith and Izzie are tilting their heads, watching the porn playing for the patient]
Cristina: That does not look comfortable.
Meredith: Trust me, it's not.
Cristina: That does not look comfortable.
Meredith: Trust me, it's not.
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Meredith: You should take something.
Cristina: Drugs are for babies.
Izzie: I hate Alex.
Cristina: And the non sequitur award goes to...
Izzie: I’m sorry, I hate Alex.
Meredith: I broke up with Derek.
Cristina: Burke wants to have a relationship.
Izzie: Boys are stupid.
Cristina: Yep.
Cristina: Drugs are for babies.
Izzie: I hate Alex.
Cristina: And the non sequitur award goes to...
Izzie: I’m sorry, I hate Alex.
Meredith: I broke up with Derek.
Cristina: Burke wants to have a relationship.
Izzie: Boys are stupid.
Cristina: Yep.
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Meredith: I lied. I'm not out of this relationship. I'm in. I'm so in, it's humiliating, because here I am, begging—
Derek: Meredith—
Meredith: Just, shut up. You say Meredith and I yell, remember?
Derek: Yeah.
Meredith: Okay here it is. Your choice. It' s simple. Her or me. And I'm sure she' s really great. But Derek... I love you.... in a really, really big ... pretend to like your taste in music, let you eat the last piece of cheesecake, hold a radio over my head outside your window...unfortunate way that makes me hate you, love you. So pick me. Choose me. Love me. I'll be at Joe' s tonight. So if you do decide to sign the papers meet me there.
Derek: Meredith—
Meredith: Just, shut up. You say Meredith and I yell, remember?
Derek: Yeah.
Meredith: Okay here it is. Your choice. It' s simple. Her or me. And I'm sure she' s really great. But Derek... I love you.... in a really, really big ... pretend to like your taste in music, let you eat the last piece of cheesecake, hold a radio over my head outside your window...unfortunate way that makes me hate you, love you. So pick me. Choose me. Love me. I'll be at Joe' s tonight. So if you do decide to sign the papers meet me there.
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Meredith: [voiceover] Pain, you just have to ride it out, hope it goes away on its own, hope the wound that caused it heals. There are no solutions, no easy answers. You just breathe deep and wait for it to subside. Most of the time pain can be managed, but sometimes the pain gets you when you least expect it, hits way below the belt and doesn't let up. Pain, you just have to fight through, because the truth is you can't outrun it, and life always makes more.
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Meredith: [voiceover] In general, people can be categorized in one of two ways — those who love surprises and those who don't. I don't. I've never met a surgeon that enjoys a surprise, because as surgeons, we like to be in the know. We have to be in the know, because when we aren't, people die and lawsuits happen. Am I rambling? I think I'm rambling. Okay, so my point, actually, and I do have one, has nothing to do with surprises or death or lawsuits, or even surgeons. My point is this: whoever said "What you don't know can’t hurt you", was a complete and total moron. Because for most people I know, not knowing is the worst feeling in the world. [Sees two people with a pole cutting through them.] Okay, fine. Maybe it's the second worst.
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Cristina: You tell someone I'll meet you at a bar tonight, how long exactly does that mean you're supposed to wait?
George: You think he’s really not coming?
Izzie: It is getting a little hard to watch.
Cristina: Nah, it was hard to watch half an hour ago, now it's just pathetic.
Meredith: Who's pathetic?
Cristina: What?
Meredith: [drunkenly] You who pretend to be my friends are calling me pathetic. Behind my back, in front of my face. Why don't you just dump the pig’s blood on me now and get it over with. [to herself] He’s really not coming.
George: You think he’s really not coming?
Izzie: It is getting a little hard to watch.
Cristina: Nah, it was hard to watch half an hour ago, now it's just pathetic.
Meredith: Who's pathetic?
Cristina: What?
Meredith: [drunkenly] You who pretend to be my friends are calling me pathetic. Behind my back, in front of my face. Why don't you just dump the pig’s blood on me now and get it over with. [to herself] He’s really not coming.
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Cristina: There you are. I've been looking everywhere for you.
Burke: What is it?
Cristina: I need to find this man's leg. The chief is going to kick me out of the program if I don't. I cannot go back to Los Angeles. It's sunny there. Every. Day.
[Burke smiles]
Cristina: What? You're my boyfriend! I mean, I know I don't have much experience with this kind of thing but, aren't boyfriends supposed to help in situations like this?
Burke: Cristina, when we're on duty I can't be your boyfriend.
Cristina: OK, so when we're on duty, I can have sex with someone else?
Burke: [pause] Dr. Yang, I'm walking away now.
Burke: What is it?
Cristina: I need to find this man's leg. The chief is going to kick me out of the program if I don't. I cannot go back to Los Angeles. It's sunny there. Every. Day.
[Burke smiles]
Cristina: What? You're my boyfriend! I mean, I know I don't have much experience with this kind of thing but, aren't boyfriends supposed to help in situations like this?
Burke: Cristina, when we're on duty I can't be your boyfriend.
Cristina: OK, so when we're on duty, I can have sex with someone else?
Burke: [pause] Dr. Yang, I'm walking away now.
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Addison: So, have you made a decision yet, Dr. Stevens?
Izzie: I'm sorry?
Addison: Whether or not you're going to hate me. You're Meredith's friend? I'm the wicked witch who came in and ruined her life and cheated on Doctor...wait, what is it that you guys call him?
Izzie: Uh—McDreamy...
Addison: Right. God, doesn’t that embarrass him?
Izzie: Yeah, I think it does.
Addison: So, when you decide how important it is for you to hate me...let me know.
Izzie: I'm sorry?
Addison: Whether or not you're going to hate me. You're Meredith's friend? I'm the wicked witch who came in and ruined her life and cheated on Doctor...wait, what is it that you guys call him?
Izzie: Uh—McDreamy...
Addison: Right. God, doesn’t that embarrass him?
Izzie: Yeah, I think it does.
Addison: So, when you decide how important it is for you to hate me...let me know.
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Meredith: [voiceover] As surgeons, there are so many things we have to know. We have to know we have what it takes. We have to know how to take care of our patients... and how to take care of each other. Eventually, we even have to figure out how to take care of ourselves. As surgeons we have to be in the know. But as human beings, sometimes it's better to stay in the dark, because in the dark there may be fear, but there's also hope.
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Meredith: [voiceover] Communication. It's the first thing we really learn in life. Funny thing is, once we grow up, learn our words and really start talking the harder it becomes to know what to say. Or how to ask for what we really need.
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Bailey: And you three--- brush up on how not to embarrass me in front of the Attendings or I'll see to it that your hearts stop beating. You clear?
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Bailey: Turn around and walk away.
Derek: From what?
Bailey: From my intern.
Derek: No, I wasn’t.
Bailey: Yes you were, come on, look, you can’t do this, you don’t have the right, not anymore.
Derek: I just want to find out if she's okay.
Bailey: No, she's not. She's a human traffic accident, and everybody's slowing down to look at the wreckage. She's doing the best she can with what she has left, and I know you can't see this 'cause you're in it, but YOU CAN'T HELP HER NOW! You'll only make it worse. Walk away. Leave her to mend.
Derek: From what?
Bailey: From my intern.
Derek: No, I wasn’t.
Bailey: Yes you were, come on, look, you can’t do this, you don’t have the right, not anymore.
Derek: I just want to find out if she's okay.
Bailey: No, she's not. She's a human traffic accident, and everybody's slowing down to look at the wreckage. She's doing the best she can with what she has left, and I know you can't see this 'cause you're in it, but YOU CAN'T HELP HER NOW! You'll only make it worse. Walk away. Leave her to mend.
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Alex: For a kiss to be really good, you want it to mean something. You want it to be with someone you can't get out of your head, so that when your lips finally touch, you feel it everywhere. A kiss so hot and so deep, you never want to come up for air. You can't cheat your first kiss, Nicole. Trust me you don't want to, 'cause when you find that right person, the first kiss...it's everything.
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Meredith: [voiceover] At the end of the day, there are some things you just can't help but talk about. Some things we just don't want to hear, and some things we say because we can't be silent any longer. Some things are more than what you say, they're what you do. Some things you say because there's no other choice. Some things you keep to yourself. And not too often, but every now and then, some things simply speak for themselves.
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Meredith: [voiceover] In the eighth grade my English class had to read Romeo and Juliet. Then for extra credit, Mrs. Snyder made us act out all the parts. Sal Scafarillo was Romeo. As fate would have it, I was Juliet… all the other girls were jealous, but I had a slightly different take. I told Mrs. Snyder that Juliet was an idiot. For starters she falls for the one guy she knows she can’t have, then she blames fate for her own bad decision. Mrs. Snyder explained to me that when fate comes into play choice sometimes goes out the window, and that I would be lucky if I ever experienced that type of true love. At the ripe old age of 13, I was very clear that love, like life, is about making choices. And fate has nothing to do with it. Everyone thinks it’s so romantic, Romeo and Juliet, true love, how sad. If Juliet was stupid enough to fall for the enemy, drink the bottle of poison, and go to sleep in a mausoleum, she deserved whatever she got.
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Izzie: You kissed me.
Alex: Yes, I did.
Izzie: Should we?... I mean, there's a discussion that we could have... if you wanted to have one?
Alex: Izzie, I kissed you, with tongue, and I plan to do it again and again - get used to it. End of discussion.
Alex: Yes, I did.
Izzie: Should we?... I mean, there's a discussion that we could have... if you wanted to have one?
Alex: Izzie, I kissed you, with tongue, and I plan to do it again and again - get used to it. End of discussion.
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Bailey: I'm pregnant, you blind moron.
Chief: You’re what?
Bailey: My heart rate is 110, I’m burning three thousand calories a day, my legs are swollen, I got indigestion and gas. Did you know carrying a boy in your uterus means you burn ten percent more calories than if you had a girl? Guess what I’m carrying. I tried for seven damn years and a month before my fellowship notifications the stick turns blue. Men... from the very beginning they just suck the life right out of you. I’m not leaving. I’m pregnant.
Chief: You’re what?
Bailey: My heart rate is 110, I’m burning three thousand calories a day, my legs are swollen, I got indigestion and gas. Did you know carrying a boy in your uterus means you burn ten percent more calories than if you had a girl? Guess what I’m carrying. I tried for seven damn years and a month before my fellowship notifications the stick turns blue. Men... from the very beginning they just suck the life right out of you. I’m not leaving. I’m pregnant.
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Alex: [referring to a patient who is removing her breasts and ovaries to prevent possible cancer] Here's the thing - I like your rack.
Izzie: God, what is wrong with you? Why do you have to be so - what is wrong with you?
Alex': I like your rack and I'd want them around if I could have them, trust me I would, but it wouldn't be the end of the world if you got rid of them... because really, I'd want you.
[Izzie slaps him]
Alex: Ow! What was that for?
[She kisses him]
Izzie: God, what is wrong with you? Why do you have to be so - what is wrong with you?
Alex': I like your rack and I'd want them around if I could have them, trust me I would, but it wouldn't be the end of the world if you got rid of them... because really, I'd want you.
[Izzie slaps him]
Alex: Ow! What was that for?
[She kisses him]
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Meredith: [voiceover] As interns, we know what we want, to become surgeons. And we'll do anything to get there. Suffer through killer exam, endure one-hundred hour weeks, Stand for hours on end in operating rooms, you name it, we'll do it.
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Meredith: [voiceover] Maybe Romeo and Juliet were fated to be together, but just for a while, and then their time passed. If they could have known that beforehand, maybe it all would have been okay. I told Mrs. Snyder that when I was grown up, I'd take fate into my own hands. I wouldn't let some guy drag me down. Mrs. Snyder said that I'd be lucky if I ever had that kind of passion with someone, and that if I did, we'd be together forever. Even now, I believe that for the most part, love is about choices. It's about putting down the poison and the dagger and making your own happy ending...most of the time. And that sometimes, despite all your best choices and all your best intentions... fate wins anyway.
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