Lexie Grey
- Give me my dad - Grey's Anatomy - Part 1
I didn't want to do this, I didn't want to have to come to you for anything, ever. So I thought if I look up your blood type, and it was the wrong one, then that would be it. Then I could just stop thinking about it. But I can't, because you have his blood. And I know that he's not your dad, I know that he was never there for you, and I would never ask you to give him anything, he doesn't deserve a thing from you, he doesn't. But he's, he's going to die, Meredith.
Meredith Grey
- Just as you are - Grey's Anatomy
We begin life with few obligations. We pledge allegiance to the flag. We swear to return our library books. But as we get older we take vows, we make promises, we get burden by commitments, to do no harm, to tell the truth and nothing but, to love and cherish till death do us part. So we just keep running up the tap until we owe everything to everybody and suddenly... what the.
Meredith Grey
- Paranoia - Grey's Anatomy
Paranoia gives you an edge in the OR. Surgeons play out worst-case scenarios in their heads. You're ready to close, you got the bleeder. You know it but there's that voice in your head asking. What if you didn't? What if the patient dies and you could have prevented it? So you check your work one more time before you close. Paranoia is a surgeon's best friend.
Alex Karev
- Died in my arms - Grey's Anatomy
You died in my arms. You died in my arms, you freakin' died and then you left instructions that I wasn't allowed to save your life. You wanna know what I'm scared of? I'm scared of everything! I'm scared to move! I'm scared to breathe! I'm scared to touch you! I can't lose you. I won't survive. And that's your fault. You made me love you, you made me let you in, and then you freakin' die in my arms!
Izzie Stevens
- You lived - Grey's Anatomy
George was a surgeon. He had a purpose, he wanted to save lives and now he doesn't get the chance. Now he doesn't get the chance to do anything anymore. You do. You could go to medical school, you know. You could hang out with your freaking friends, I don't care what you do. Just go do something with your life because you have one. You lived and George didn't and I know that feels horrible and shocking and terrifying but you lived. So go live your freaking life.
Meredith Grey
- Dictionary - Grey's Anatomy
The dictionary defines grief as a keen mental suffering or distress over affliction or loss; sharp sorrow; painful regret. As surgeons, as scientists, we're taught to learn from and rely on books, on definitions, on definitive. But in life, strict definitions rarely apply. In life, grief can look like a lot of things that bear little resemblance to sharp sorrow.
Meredith Grey
- Grief - Grey's Anatomy - Part 2
Then we bargain. We beg. We plead. We offer everything we have, we offer our souls in exchange for just one more day. When the bargaining has failed and the anger is too hard to maintain, we fall into depression, despair, until finally we have to accept that we've done everything we can. We let go. We let go and move into acceptance.
Meredith Grey
- Grief - Grey's Anatomy - Part 1
When we're dying or have suffered a catastrophic loss, we all move through five distinct stages of grief. We go into denial because the loss is so unthinkable we can't imagine it's true. We become angry with everyone, angry with survivors, angry with ourselves.
Alex Karev
- Her future is on me - Grey's Anatomy
She signed a DNR. She signed a fricking DNR and made me promise me that she'd come out of this with a life, not in a hospital bed, not with no brain. I had to promised she'd have a life. You wanna know what happens if she can't make no new memories? Forget about being a doctor. She's going to need round the clock baby sitters. We get an apartment together, she can't even find her way to the damn toilet, track her on her ankle in case god forbids, she wander out the front door.
Meredith Grey
- I love you Christina Yang - Grey"s Anatomy
Look at Alex. He's in there working so hard every day, and she doesn't know. And, if she stays like this she may never know how much he loves her. And that girl Amanda, she's in there loving a stranger. She thinks that's her prince charming. I mean, he's probably gonna die today. Chances are. So yeah, I'm gonna go get married, because I think it's important to take the time to tell the people you love how much you love them while they can hear you. I love you Christina Yang.
Meredith Grey
- Future - Grey's Anatomy
We spend our whole lives worrying about the future, planning for the future, trying to predict the future, as if figuring it out will cushion the blow. But the future is always changing. The future is the home of our deepest fears and wildest hopes. But one thing is certain when it finally reveals itself. The future is never the way we imagined it.
Meredith Grey
- Love of your life - Grey's Anatomy
When something begins, you generally have no idea how it's going to end. The house you're going to sell becomes your home, the roommates you were forced to take in become your family, and the one night stand you were determined to forget becomes the love of your life.
Meredith Grey
- Redemption - Grey's Anatomy
As doctors we can't undo our mistakes, but it's a hazard of the trade. But as human beings we can always try to do better, to be better, to re-write a wrong even if it feels irreversible. Of course, "I'm sorry" doesn't always cut it. Maybe because we use it so many different ways: as a weapon, as an excuse. But when we are really sorry. When we mean it. When actions say what words never can. When we get it right, "I'm sorry" is perfect. When we get it right, "I'm sorry" is redemption.
Richard Webber
- So Sorry - Grey's Anatomy Part 2
I let myself off the hook: I told myself I was young and I didn't know any better, but I did know better; I wasn't much younger than you are now. I should've fought for you Meredith, like you fought for that child today. I told myself that I wasn't your father, that it wasn't my responsibility, that I was right not to butt in. I let myself off the hook. You were helpless, you were a baby. A beautiful, smart, funny, little girl, and no one stood up for you. I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry.
Richard Webber
- So Sorry - Grey's Anatomy
I know you don't like me, and you have every right not to like me, I have abused my power but now I'm here on your turf. What I need to say is, I saw what your mother was doing, I saw how neglected you were, I saw her drive your father off and I spent a lot of time beating myself up about that, but what does that do for you, nothing, nothing. I wasn't your advocate, I didn't fight for you, I never stood up for you.
Meredith Grey
- Sorry - Grey's Anatomy
Remember when we were little and we would accidentally bite a kid on the playground. Our teachers would go, "Say you're sorry," and we would say it, but we wouldn't mean it cause the stupid kid we bit, deserved it. But as we get older, making amends isn't so simple. After the playground days are over you can't just say it, you have to mean it. Of course when you become a doctor, sorry is not a happy word. It either means you're dying and I can't help. Or it means this is really going to hurt.
Meredith Grey
- Surrender - Grey's Anatomy
To do our jobs we have to believe defeat is not an option. That no matter how sick our patients get, there's hope for them. But even when our hopes give way to reality, and we finally have to surrender to the truth, it just means we've lost to today's battle, not tomorrow's war. Here's the thing about surrender, once you do it, actually give in, you forget why you were even fighting in the first place.
Meredith Grey
- Defeat - Grey's Anatomy
Defeat isn't an option, not for surgeons. We don't back away from the table till the last breath's long gone. Terminal's a challenge, life threatening's what gets us out of bed in the morning. We're not easily intimidated, we don't flinch, we don't back down and we certainly don't surrender, not at work anyway.
Derek Sheperd
- Spend the rest of my life - Grey's Anatomy - Part3
And you know we'll survive too. You say you're dark and twisty. It's not a flaw. It's a strength. It makes you who you are. I'm not going to get down on one knee. I'm not going to ask a question. I love you Meredith Grey. And I want to spend the rest of my life with you.
Derek Sheperd
- Spend the rest of my life - Grey's Anatomy - Part2
Beth Monroe, made our clinical trial a success by surviving. You talked me into putting her under. That's when I knew I needed you. And this today. The post op head CT of Izzie Stevens. See that, right there? Tumor free. Because of you. You got me into the OR. If there's a crisis you don't freeze. You move forward. You get the rest of us to move forward. Because you've seen worse. You've survived worse.
