E.R. quotes

Eric

Are you alone?

Abby

No, Mom's here too.

Eric

Why'd you bring her?

Maggie

She's worried about you, Eric.

Eric

I don't want you here.

Abby

Just hold on, alright?

Eric

I don't want you in my life right now.

Abby

What?

Eric

[to Maggie] Are you coming in? [Maggie goes inside and Eric tries to close the door]

Abby

Okay. Eric, don't do this.

Eric

Move your hand.

Abby

You need help.

Eric

I don't want to hurt you.

Abby

You can't do this by yourself! You need structure and stability.

Eric

Let go.

Abby

Someone you can rely on and trust!

Eric

That's not you anymore, okay? You don't understand.

Abby

Yes, I do!

Eric

You think you do! But you don't. You're not like us! You never will be.

Maggie

I'll call you when we get settled.

Abby

Don't bother. [walks away]

Abby

I'm done. I'm done with the both of them. I'm done with all of it. Cancel Christmas.

Abby

[while Frank & Jerry are fighting about wearing the same Santa costume] You guys, we already have the wasted angel of Bethlehem. Can we not have feuding St. Nicks?

Frank

[while dressed in a Santa suit] Sit on my lap and tell me what you want for Christmas, little girl.

Abby

I want it to be January.

Frank

Since when is Santa scary?

Pratt

Since he looks like a fat, old homeless dude.

Luka

I feel like crap.

Abby

You don't look so good either.

Luka

Thanks a lot.

Luka

Why do you want to be a doctor?

Erin

I don't know. Good at science.

Luka

I became a doctor to take care of people. To heal them. [lies down]

Erin

You do. Every day.

Luka

But strangers, only strangers. And not tomorrow. [falls asleep]

Carter

Well, we work as a team. We cover for each other. We lean on each other. The job is too big to do solo. And if you can't get that, maybe you should be a surgeon or a superhero, or something else that doesn't require trusting people.

Pratt

I've never been big on trust.

Carter

You know what that turns into? Nobody trusts you either. Self-sufficiency is a good thing, but it's not the only thing. Asking for help when you need it doesn't make you weak.

Romano

Did anyone ever bother to verify that there are medical schools in Croatia? Anyone?

Romano

[after he talks to a patient's mother] What are you doing? Holding your own private M & M with the kid's mother.

Luka

She wanted to know how her son died.

Romano

One word: peacefully. And leave it at that.

Luka

She deserves to know.

Dr. Romano

What? What, the truth? The truth is you killed her son. You want to tell her that?

Chen

Sorry, she's one of my Mathletes. Anastasia, you're going to have to go over there and sit with the rest of the team.

Susan Lewis

Mathletes?

Chen

Yeah, she's on the math team. They compete in math tournaments.

Susan

Oh yeah, we used to call them "geeks."

These numbers, discovered in different cultures, in different centuries, all add to zero, proving the universe is perfect. Proving the existence of God.

Susan

Hey, I can't even prove I paid my gas bill.

Romano

Okay, cowboy, I've got a vascular surgeon, an anesthesiologist, and three surgical residents waiting upstairs in an OR suite that rents for five grand an hour.

Luka

He wants to stay with his wife.

Romano

Well, isn't that touching.

Luka

She's dying.

Romano

Yeah, well, if doesn't die faster, he's going to be dying with her.

Luka

I've explained all that.

Romano

I'm going upstairs. If he's not up there in five minutes, I'm going take out your spleen.

Kerry

Luka, why is Jessie Callahan still in Trauma 1? I'm curious because you pronounced her dead an hour ago.

Luka

Her husband wouldn't go up to the OR unless she passed, so I unhooked her leads and pronounced her. Why?

Kerry

Good God! What happens when he comes back down from surgery and finds out his wife is still alive?

Luka

I'll tell him it was a miracle.

Susan

Call psych. The sun goes down and the nuts come out.