Grey's Anatomy Quotes
Bailey: I may be forty-seven weeks pregnant. I may be on bed rest. I may not be able to see my own feet. But I am Dr. Bailey. I hear everything. I know everything. I’m watching each and every one of you. And I will return.
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George: [to Meredith]: You don't get to choose. I know you've been going through a bad time. I know you miss Shepherd. And I know that your life has, admittedly, been pretty unpleasant these days. You get points for breathing in and out. You get to be a little selfish. But you don't get to choose a dog over me... I'm George. I sleep down the hall from you. I buy your tampons. I have held your hand, every time you asked. I've earned the right to be seen. To be respected. To not have you think of me, as less than a dog that you got at the pound. So, I'm not moving out. Whether you like it or not, I'm staying.
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Meredith: [voiceover] No matter how hard we try to ignore or deny it, eventually the lies fall away, whether we like it or not. But here's the truth about the truth: It hurts. So we lie.
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Meredith: [voiceover] In surgery, there is a red line on the floor that marks the point where the hospital goes from accessible to off limits to all but a special few. Crossing the line unauthorized is not tolerated. In general, lines are there for a reason. For safety. For security. For clarity. If you choose to cross the line, you pretty much do so at your own risk. So why is it, that the bigger the line, the greater the temptation to cross it?
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George: My dad's a truck driver, my mom's a teacher. If the evening news shows me crossing a picket line, they'll outlive me just to pee on my grave.
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Chief: We need an additional 40 nurses to relieve the overtime that they're striking about. That's 2 million dollars a year we don't have.
Derek: Have you checked under the couch? I always find spare change under the cushions.
Derek: Have you checked under the couch? I always find spare change under the cushions.
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George: [after Meredith and Izzie climb into his bed] What happened today?
Izzie: Nothing.
Meredith: Nothing.
George: Okay.
Izzie: We don’t know everything about each other, George.
Meredith: Yeah.
George: True … anybody want to have sex?
Izzie: Nothing.
Meredith: Nothing.
George: Okay.
Izzie: We don’t know everything about each other, George.
Meredith: Yeah.
George: True … anybody want to have sex?
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Meredith: [voiceover] We can’t help ourselves. We see a line, we want to cross it. Maybe it’s the thrill of trading the familiar for the unfamiliar. A sort of personal dare. Only problem is, once you’ve crossed it’s almost impossible to go back. But if you do manage to make it back across that line you find safety in numbers.
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Meredith: [voiceover] It's... a look patients get in their eyes. There is a scent, the smell of death. Some kind of sixth sense. When the great beyond is headed for you, you feel it coming. What's the one thing you've always dreamed of doing before you die?
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Cristina: You have a feeling?
Meredith: Yes.
Cristina: Okay, what kind of feeling?
Meredith: Like I might die.
Cristina: Today? Tomorrow? In 50 years? We're all going to die eventually. Now we're late! Let's go!
Meredith: Cristina. C'mon!
Cristina: This is me being supportive.
Meredith: Really?
Cristina: Yeah, fine, I'm totally supportive. Go.
Meredith: OK. The man I love has a wife and then he chooses her over me. And that wife takes my dog—OK, she didn't take the dog, I gave it to her, but I didn't mean to give it to her, I meant to give it to him—but that does not change the fact that she's got my McDreamy. And my McDog. She's got my McLife! And what have I got? -sits up-You know, I can't remember the last time we kissed. 'Cause you never think the last time is the last time, you think there'll be more. You think you have forever, but you don't. Plus my conditioner decided to stop working and I think I have brittle bones. I just-I just need something to happen. I need a sign that things are gonna change. I need a reason to go on. I need some hope. And in the absence of hope, I need to stay in bed and feel like I might die today.
Cristina: [throws back blanket] Whatever - everybody has problems. Now get your ass out of bed and get to work. NOW! Move! Move! Move! [Opens the door to find Izzie and George] We're good to go.
Meredith: Yes.
Cristina: Okay, what kind of feeling?
Meredith: Like I might die.
Cristina: Today? Tomorrow? In 50 years? We're all going to die eventually. Now we're late! Let's go!
Meredith: Cristina. C'mon!
Cristina: This is me being supportive.
Meredith: Really?
Cristina: Yeah, fine, I'm totally supportive. Go.
Meredith: OK. The man I love has a wife and then he chooses her over me. And that wife takes my dog—OK, she didn't take the dog, I gave it to her, but I didn't mean to give it to her, I meant to give it to him—but that does not change the fact that she's got my McDreamy. And my McDog. She's got my McLife! And what have I got? -sits up-You know, I can't remember the last time we kissed. 'Cause you never think the last time is the last time, you think there'll be more. You think you have forever, but you don't. Plus my conditioner decided to stop working and I think I have brittle bones. I just-I just need something to happen. I need a sign that things are gonna change. I need a reason to go on. I need some hope. And in the absence of hope, I need to stay in bed and feel like I might die today.
Cristina: [throws back blanket] Whatever - everybody has problems. Now get your ass out of bed and get to work. NOW! Move! Move! Move! [Opens the door to find Izzie and George] We're good to go.
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Derek: Bailey's back? [Hurries to the door but stops when he looks in the window] And her cervix is being examined by my wife, which is a visual I will never get out of my head. Thanks for the warning.
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Bailey: What are you people doing out here?
Chief: Are you alright? Can I get you anything?
Bailey: A boy the size of a 10 lb. bowling ball is trying to work it’s way out of my body. Can you get me something for that. Can you get me a new vagina?
Chief: Uh, well.
Bailey: I didn't think so.
Chief: Are you alright? Can I get you anything?
Bailey: A boy the size of a 10 lb. bowling ball is trying to work it’s way out of my body. Can you get me something for that. Can you get me a new vagina?
Chief: Uh, well.
Bailey: I didn't think so.
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Izzie: Alex.
Alex: How crazy is this? Dude, it's like the Apocalypse.
Izzie: Alex.
Alex: It's true. Look around you. Half the people who're supposed to be saving lives have fled the building to save themselves. Bailey's husband almost died coming to see his kid getting born. The annoying twins are down on the OR floor with the guy who might literally explode their faces.
Izzie: Alex!
[Cut to the supply closet]
Izzie: Take off your pants.
Alex: Izzie, what are you doing?
Izzie: I'm being a doer. Getting while the getting's good. Now take off your pants.
Alex: You realize when I said the apocalypse before, I meant it metaphorically, not literally.
Izzie: Alex, I haven't had sex in eight months and twelve days. I'm horny, I'm half-naked, and I'm saying yes. Do you want to stand there and talk metaphors, or do you want to literally take off your pants?
Alex: How crazy is this? Dude, it's like the Apocalypse.
Izzie: Alex.
Alex: It's true. Look around you. Half the people who're supposed to be saving lives have fled the building to save themselves. Bailey's husband almost died coming to see his kid getting born. The annoying twins are down on the OR floor with the guy who might literally explode their faces.
Izzie: Alex!
[Cut to the supply closet]
Izzie: Take off your pants.
Alex: Izzie, what are you doing?
Izzie: I'm being a doer. Getting while the getting's good. Now take off your pants.
Alex: You realize when I said the apocalypse before, I meant it metaphorically, not literally.
Izzie: Alex, I haven't had sex in eight months and twelve days. I'm horny, I'm half-naked, and I'm saying yes. Do you want to stand there and talk metaphors, or do you want to literally take off your pants?
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Meredith: [voiceover] In hospitals they say you know. You know you’re going to die. Some doctors say it’s a look patients get in their eyes. Some say there’s a scent, a smell of death. Some say there’s just some kind of sixth sense, when the great beyond is headed for you, you feel it coming. Whatever it is, it's creepy. Because if you know, what do you do about it? Forget about the fact that you're scared out of your mind. If you knew this was your last day on earth, how would you want to spend it?
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George: Dr. Montgomery-Shepherd. What are we gonna do? I mean, about Dr. Bailey. Can—can we drug her?
Addison: Against her will?
George: No. Well... yes. I mean, can't we force her to push? If, uh... we declare her temporarily insane?
Addison: You want me to declare Miranda Bailey - Miranda Bailey - incompetent? Do you think that'll help, make her more inclined, more comfortable giving birth?
George: I don't know. That’s why I'm asking you.
Addison: Do you think I'm not doing everything I can to help her? I mean, do you think I'm just out here because, I don’t know, I'm feeling lazy, just need a little me time?
George: I'm just asking—
Addison: Stop asking! Because no matter what you ask, the answer is I don't know. I'm doing everything I can—everything I can. Miranda Bailey's husband is in mortal danger—actual mortal danger—and there is not a lot I can say to comfort her because there's not a lot anybody can say to comfort me. I'm doing my best. Dr. Bailey is doing her best. And I need you to do your best, and I need it to be better than standing here asking me the world's stupidest questions. I don't know, Malley.
Addison: Against her will?
George: No. Well... yes. I mean, can't we force her to push? If, uh... we declare her temporarily insane?
Addison: You want me to declare Miranda Bailey - Miranda Bailey - incompetent? Do you think that'll help, make her more inclined, more comfortable giving birth?
George: I don't know. That’s why I'm asking you.
Addison: Do you think I'm not doing everything I can to help her? I mean, do you think I'm just out here because, I don’t know, I'm feeling lazy, just need a little me time?
George: I'm just asking—
Addison: Stop asking! Because no matter what you ask, the answer is I don't know. I'm doing everything I can—everything I can. Miranda Bailey's husband is in mortal danger—actual mortal danger—and there is not a lot I can say to comfort her because there's not a lot anybody can say to comfort me. I'm doing my best. Dr. Bailey is doing her best. And I need you to do your best, and I need it to be better than standing here asking me the world's stupidest questions. I don't know, Malley.
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Meredith: Cristina. I have my hand on a bomb. I’m freaking out. And most importantly, I really have to pee. Tell me anything.
Cristina: He told me he loved me. Last night, he thought I was sleeping, but I heard him say it.
Meredith: Burke loves you.
Cristina: Yeah. [To Dylan] Mind your own business.
Meredith: Burke loves you!
Cristina: Yeah everybody has problems.
Meredith: Well are you gonna say it back, or-
Cristina: Of course not! He didn’t say it to me, he said it to sleeping me! Reciprocity is not required. Besides he might blow up.
Meredith: Excellent point.
[the gurney hits a bump in the floor]
Dylan: Alright everybody. Let’s just keep placing one foot in front of the other [gives Cristina an ‘I told you so' look] . Nice and slow. Alright, Meredith? We’re almost there.
Meredith: Okay.
Dylan: We’re almost there. Nice and easy, right? Alright let’s go. Nice and slow.
Cristina: You had to say you’re going to die today.
Meredith: I told you.
Cristina: He told me he loved me. Last night, he thought I was sleeping, but I heard him say it.
Meredith: Burke loves you.
Cristina: Yeah. [To Dylan] Mind your own business.
Meredith: Burke loves you!
Cristina: Yeah everybody has problems.
Meredith: Well are you gonna say it back, or-
Cristina: Of course not! He didn’t say it to me, he said it to sleeping me! Reciprocity is not required. Besides he might blow up.
Meredith: Excellent point.
[the gurney hits a bump in the floor]
Dylan: Alright everybody. Let’s just keep placing one foot in front of the other [gives Cristina an ‘I told you so' look] . Nice and slow. Alright, Meredith? We’re almost there.
Meredith: Okay.
Dylan: We’re almost there. Nice and easy, right? Alright let’s go. Nice and slow.
Cristina: You had to say you’re going to die today.
Meredith: I told you.
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George: Dr. Bailey, hey, I can see his head. He's got a lot of hair, but he's kind of cute.
Bailey: O'Malley!
George: Yes?
Bailey: Stop looking at my va-jay-jay!
George: Yes, ma'am.
Bailey: O'Malley!
George: Yes?
Bailey: Stop looking at my va-jay-jay!
George: Yes, ma'am.
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Meredith: Hey.
Derek: Hey. You almost died today.
Meredith: Yeah, I almost died today. [Derek is at a loss for words and starts heading to the door] I can't, I can't remember our last kiss. All I could think about was I'm going to die today and I can't remember our last kiss. Which, is pathetic but the last time we were together and happy, I... want to be able to remember that, and I can't. I can't remember.
Derek: I'm glad you didn't die today. [Starts to leave but stops] It was a Thursday morning, you were wearing that ratty little 'Dartmouth' T-shirt you look so good in, the one with the hole at the back of the neck. You'd just washed you hair and you smelled like some kind of...flower. I was running late for surgery, you said you were going to see me later, and you lean to me, put you hand on my chest and you kissed me. Soft. It was quick. Kind of like a habit. You know, like we'd do it everyday for the rest of our lives. And you went back to reading the newspaper and I went to work. That was the last time we kissed. [Derek starts to leave]
Meredith: Lavender. My hair smelled like lavender...from my conditioner.
Derek: Lavender. Huh. [Smiles then leaves]
Derek: Hey. You almost died today.
Meredith: Yeah, I almost died today. [Derek is at a loss for words and starts heading to the door] I can't, I can't remember our last kiss. All I could think about was I'm going to die today and I can't remember our last kiss. Which, is pathetic but the last time we were together and happy, I... want to be able to remember that, and I can't. I can't remember.
Derek: I'm glad you didn't die today. [Starts to leave but stops] It was a Thursday morning, you were wearing that ratty little 'Dartmouth' T-shirt you look so good in, the one with the hole at the back of the neck. You'd just washed you hair and you smelled like some kind of...flower. I was running late for surgery, you said you were going to see me later, and you lean to me, put you hand on my chest and you kissed me. Soft. It was quick. Kind of like a habit. You know, like we'd do it everyday for the rest of our lives. And you went back to reading the newspaper and I went to work. That was the last time we kissed. [Derek starts to leave]
Meredith: Lavender. My hair smelled like lavender...from my conditioner.
Derek: Lavender. Huh. [Smiles then leaves]
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Meredith: [voiceover] After careful consideration and many sleepless nights, here’s what I've decided. There's no such thing as a grown-up. We move on, we move out, we move away from our families and form our own. But the basic insecurities, the basic fears and all those old wounds just grow up with us. And just when we think life and circumstances have forced us truly to become an adult, your mother says something like that. Or worse, something like that. We get bigger, we get taller, we get older. But, for the most part, we're still a bunch of kids, running around the playground, trying desperately to fit in.
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Chief: Punching out people on my surgical floor. My head of neurosurgery punching out people on my surgical floor.
Addison: Put the ice on your hand.
Derek: My hand is fine.
Chief: Put the damn ice on your two million a year hand. Now, would someone tell me what the hell happened?
Addison: That was Mark.
Chief: Who’s Mark?
Addison: He and Derek used to work together back in New York. And they, we, were all close friends. Until Derek found us in bed together.
Chief: Did you put your weight behind it?
Derek: Yes sir.
Chief: Well, all right then.
Addison: Put the ice on your hand.
Derek: My hand is fine.
Chief: Put the damn ice on your two million a year hand. Now, would someone tell me what the hell happened?
Addison: That was Mark.
Chief: Who’s Mark?
Addison: He and Derek used to work together back in New York. And they, we, were all close friends. Until Derek found us in bed together.
Chief: Did you put your weight behind it?
Derek: Yes sir.
Chief: Well, all right then.
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George: Why is he suturing his own face?
Cristina: To turn me on.
Alex: Because he’s Mark Sloan, he’s like the go-to plastic surgeon on the east coast.
George: That’s the guy Addison was sleeping with?
Izzie: You can’t really blame her, can you?
Cristina: No, not really
George: Yes, you can
Meredith: McSexy wants an X-ray to check for fractures and I think it’s a bad idea if I take him.
George: Why? Why?
Alex: I'm on it
George: Why's it a bad idea?
Cristina: McSexy?
Meredith: No?
Izzie: McYummy?
Meredith and Cristina: No.
Meredith: McSteamy.
Cristina: Aw, there it is.
Izzie: Yep.
George: Excuse me, I'm just choking back some ... McVomit.
Cristina: To turn me on.
Alex: Because he’s Mark Sloan, he’s like the go-to plastic surgeon on the east coast.
George: That’s the guy Addison was sleeping with?
Izzie: You can’t really blame her, can you?
Cristina: No, not really
George: Yes, you can
Meredith: McSexy wants an X-ray to check for fractures and I think it’s a bad idea if I take him.
George: Why? Why?
Alex: I'm on it
George: Why's it a bad idea?
Cristina: McSexy?
Meredith: No?
Izzie: McYummy?
Meredith and Cristina: No.
Meredith: McSteamy.
Cristina: Aw, there it is.
Izzie: Yep.
George: Excuse me, I'm just choking back some ... McVomit.
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Cristina: Um—
Burke: I am Preston Burke, a widely renowned cardiothoracic surgeon. I am a professional. And more than that I am a good and kind person. I am a person that cleans up behind myself. I am a person that cooks well. And you, you are an unbelievable slob. A slovenly, angry intern. I am Preston Burke. And you, you are the most competitive, most guarded, most stubborn, most challenging person I have ever met. And I love you. What the hell is the matter with you that you won’t just let me?
Cristina: I gave up my apartment 20 minutes ago.
Burke: Well, alright then.
Burke: I am Preston Burke, a widely renowned cardiothoracic surgeon. I am a professional. And more than that I am a good and kind person. I am a person that cleans up behind myself. I am a person that cooks well. And you, you are an unbelievable slob. A slovenly, angry intern. I am Preston Burke. And you, you are the most competitive, most guarded, most stubborn, most challenging person I have ever met. And I love you. What the hell is the matter with you that you won’t just let me?
Cristina: I gave up my apartment 20 minutes ago.
Burke: Well, alright then.
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Meredith: [voiceover] I've heard that it’s possible to grow up, I've just never met anyone who’s actually done it. Without parents to defy, we break the rules we make for ourselves. We throw tantrums when things don’t go our way. We whisper secrets with our best friend, in the dark. We look for comfort where we can find it. And we hope against all logic, against all experience, like children, we never give up hope.
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George: [voiceover] Okay, so, sometimes even the best of us make rash decisions. Bad decisions. Decisions we pretty much know we're going to regret the moment, the minute, especially the morning after. I mean, maybe not regret, regret because at least, you know, we put ourselves out there. But...still. Something inside us decides to do a crazy thing. A thing we know will probably turn around and bite us in the ass. Yet, we do it anyway. What I'm saying is...we reap what we sow. what comes around goes around. It's karma and, any way you slice it...karma sucks.
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Izzie: [about Alex] What? So I slept with him again. So I'm a big whore. A big horny whore who can't get enough. Can we get over the shocked silence already?
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George: It's just that, I believe in Karma. You know, good things happen to good people. At least, I thought that was the way the universe works.
Cristina: How can you think that and practice medicine?
George: Fine! I'm not saying that everybody who gets sick, or everybody that dies is bad, I think there is a balance. Or there should be a balance... There should be some sort of balance. That's all.
Burke: Good god, O'Malley, what the hell did Grey do to you?
Cristina: How can you think that and practice medicine?
George: Fine! I'm not saying that everybody who gets sick, or everybody that dies is bad, I think there is a balance. Or there should be a balance... There should be some sort of balance. That's all.
Burke: Good god, O'Malley, what the hell did Grey do to you?
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Alex: All right. So you slept with O'Malley. Big deal. Get over it already.
Meredith: He told you?
Alex: What? No. I...I was just kidding! Well, it's not like I should be surprised.
Meredith: Why not?
Alex: Because when your life is sucky, you get drunk and sleep with inappropriate men. It’s your thing. Whatever. I find it charming.
Meredith: Well- you sleep with inappropriate women when you're sober.
Alex: Hey! Izzie forgave me for that! Why are you trying to piss me off?
Meredith: You're trying to suggest that it's OK for you to sleep with Olivia, but not OK for me to sleep with George.
[George walks in]
George: You told him?!
Meredith: George wait! It's not what you think!
George: Wow, when I'm wrong about someone, I'm REALLY wrong!
Alex: Dude! Chill!
George: I'M NOT — I WILL NOT CHILL.
Izzie and Cristina: What's wrong?
Alex: Baby boy's freaking out!
Izzie: We can see that—
Izzie and Cristina: Why is he freaking out?
Meredith: George! Wait, we need to talk about this!
George: Yeah, you want to talk now because you told everyone that we had sex!
Izzie: You had sex?
Cristina: You had sex with George?
George: You didn’t tell them?
Meredith: No
George: DAMMIT!
Meredith: He told you?
Alex: What? No. I...I was just kidding! Well, it's not like I should be surprised.
Meredith: Why not?
Alex: Because when your life is sucky, you get drunk and sleep with inappropriate men. It’s your thing. Whatever. I find it charming.
Meredith: Well- you sleep with inappropriate women when you're sober.
Alex: Hey! Izzie forgave me for that! Why are you trying to piss me off?
Meredith: You're trying to suggest that it's OK for you to sleep with Olivia, but not OK for me to sleep with George.
[George walks in]
George: You told him?!
Meredith: George wait! It's not what you think!
George: Wow, when I'm wrong about someone, I'm REALLY wrong!
Alex: Dude! Chill!
George: I'M NOT — I WILL NOT CHILL.
Izzie and Cristina: What's wrong?
Alex: Baby boy's freaking out!
Izzie: We can see that—
Izzie and Cristina: Why is he freaking out?
Meredith: George! Wait, we need to talk about this!
George: Yeah, you want to talk now because you told everyone that we had sex!
Izzie: You had sex?
Cristina: You had sex with George?
George: You didn’t tell them?
Meredith: No
George: DAMMIT!
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George: [voiceover] One way or another our karma will leave us to face ourselves. We can look our karma in the eye or we can wait for it to sneak up on us from behind. One way or another, our karma will always find us. And the truth is, as surgeons, we have more chances than most to set the balance in our favor. No matter how hard we try we can't escape our karma. It follows us home. I guess we can't really complain about our karma. It's not unfair. It's not unexpected. It just...evens the score. And even when we're about to do something we know will tempt karma to bite us in the ass...well, it goes without saying. We do it anyway.
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Meredith: [voiceover] As doctors, patients are always telling us how they'd do our jobs. Just stitch me up, slap a band-aid on it and send me home. It’s easy to suggest a quick solution, when you don’t know much about the problem or you don’t understand the underlying cause or just how deep the wound is. The first step toward a real cure is to know exactly what the disease is to begin with. But that’s not what people want to hear. We're supposed to forget the past that led us here, ignore the future complications that might arise and go for the quick fix.
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Meredith: So- just friends.
Derek: Just friends. You know, technically you tell friends stuff, after which we share the moments of our lives.
Meredith: I'll keep that in mind next time I do a horrible thing.
Derek: No, really, it's OK. I don't want to know. Even if I beg, don’t tell me.
Derek: Just friends. You know, technically you tell friends stuff, after which we share the moments of our lives.
Meredith: I'll keep that in mind next time I do a horrible thing.
Derek: No, really, it's OK. I don't want to know. Even if I beg, don’t tell me.
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