Meredith Grey quotes from Grey's Anatomy

Amelia

Meredith, I am flipping out here. I'm wearing a wedding gown. There is a good and decent man in there who loves me and is expecting to marry me, and I can't tell if I am marrying because I love him back or because I just ran here and picked up a scalpel and slipped into this Shepherd skin. And maybe it is right, and maybe it's not, but I don't know, and I am marrying Cristina's husband. I know what you think about that. And I don't know what I'm doing. And there is no one here with me. There is no one here to tell me to quit or get me down the aisle or help me. That is Derek's job, and Derek is dead. And all I have is Maggie, and Maggie is full of sunshine and candy and hope, and every time I try to tell her that the world is on fire, she hands me a marshmallow to roast, so that just leaves you. And you... you are rooting for the other guy. You told me to go and be with Owen, and then you turned on me, and now you are not on my side. And we both know you don't like me, but you are stuck with me. So here I am in a wedding gown on the happiest fricking day of my life in a room with no family and no help and no one on my side but you. So what can you do for me? What can you do for me, Meredith?

Meredith

You're me.

Amelia

What?

Meredith

You're me before Derek. I can be here for you. I know how to do this. I can be a twisted sister for you. Just how do you want to play this? Do you need me to tell you you're a beautiful bride and kick your ass down that aisle? You're a beautiful bride. Turn around. I'll start kicking. Do you need me to call your mother and yell at her? I'm your girl. If you need a shoulder to cry on, I have two. If you want to freak out and call it off, if you want to run, I'll drive the getaway car. Just let me know what you need. I'm here for you. I am your family, Amelia. Today, I am your person. Just tell me what you want to do.

Ben

[about Alex] What about you? Is it just blind loyalty?

Meredith

It's not blind. He's earned it. When I first got here, he was one of the worst people I had ever met in my life. And now he's one of the best. And I know both of these people are still in there. I just want to make sure the right one wins.

Maggie

You encouraged me to stay. You offered me a home and a family and I accepted. And I wasn't kidding, I will go down swinging for you. It means something to me. I thought I could trust you.

Meredith

You can. From here on out.

Maggie

Don't do it again. Don't lie to me again.

Nathan

They look happy.

Meredith

They do.

Nathan

That won't last. I'm not saying I don't want it to. I'm not just being an ass.

Meredith

Actually...

Nathan

This has never been my experience of happiness. That it lasts.

Amelia

Marriage is like a bed and breakfast in Vermont, with sex.

Meredith

Until you have kids.

Amelia

And when I want the sex, I don't have to get out of bed and drive to the sex. I just roll right over.

Maggie

Can you stop it?

Amelia

Why would I want to stop it? Married sex is dirtier than I expected.

Maggie

Not the sex, the bragging. You're flashing your money after going to the ATM. We get it. You're sex-rich. It is not polite to brag in front of people who are sex-poor. Some of us are barely making ends meet.

Nathan

You ever have that dream?

Meredith

What dream?

Nathan

The miracle dream. I'd roll over in bed, and there she was, asking me to go make coffee. So real. Then I'd wake up.

Meredith

No, never had that dream. [She leaves and comes back] A knock at the door.

Nathan

Sorry?

Meredith

He knocks at the door, says he forgot his keys, and he's sorry for being gone so long.

Owen

She's asks me a question, and I answer it, and my answer just causes more questions, and suddenly I've forgotten what we were talking about, and I'm late for work, and I love her, and it's exhausting.

Meredith

You feel better?

Owen

Yeah, a little bit.

Amelia

I don't know if I should tell Owen before or after. How did you tell Derek?

Meredith

I gave Zola a shirt that said "Best Big Sister."

Amelia

That's sweet, but not helpful.

Meredith

And then with Ellis, I was off the hook because he was dead.

Maggie

Well, this was fun for a minute.

Meredith

I could steal the liver. I could just, like, run up and grab it. Or I could walk up to the guy and say, "Hello, I'm Dr. Bailey. Right this way."

Alex

Do that. Then you'll lose your job, too, and we'll have more time for movies and stuff.

Maggie

It's my first sister's pregnancy. I missed all of yours.

Alex

Amelia's pregnant?

Meredith

Maybe.

Maggie

I hope so.

Alex

Yeah.

Meredith

Me too. She'll be talking for two now.

Alex

This is because of me, isn't it? They're gonna overhaul the program because I beat up DeLuca.

Meredith

Everything isn't about you. That doesn't even make sense.

Alex

A teacher beat up a student.

Meredith

Oh. That makes sense.

Owen

[about Webber] What is he doing?

Meredith

He likes to teach. When he's pissed, he really likes to teach.

Webber

We need to discuss the options.

Meredith

No we don't.

Webber

Why not?

Meredith

Because you also have the Chief of General Surgery in here, Dr. Webber, and I outrank you.

Zola

Where's Daddy? Is he here?

Meredith

Remember Daddy was driving in his car?

Zola

Yeah, is he coming home soon?

Meredith

No, he was in an accident.

Zola

Oh. Well, is he hurt?

Meredith

He was.

Zola

Are the doctors fixing him? Is he going to surgery?

Meredith

No, they can't fix him.

Zola

Then you should go in there and fix him.

Meredith

Zola...

Zola

You fix everyone.

Meredith

Zola, I can't fix him.

Zola

Why?

Meredith

I can't fix him because... because no one can fix him... because he's dead, Zola. Daddy died.

Meredith

Have you always done that with your mother?

Webber

I didn't used to. Back then, I was trained to depersonalize the patient. Tissue was tissue, faces were covered, and blood was a mess on the floor. We were to stay focused, and our hands were just inside mannequins.

Meredith

So, what changed?

Webber

One afternoon, I was in the OR, and we lost a patient on the table, and I went along to inform the family, you know, tell them the horrible news, and I was numb. I watched them sob and hold each other and it didn't affect me, at all. That patient died from the same thing my mother died from, and I was a robot. After that, I started changing the rules, and it made me a better surgeon.

Meredith

You've saved her now, about 1,000 times.

Webber

I suppose.