Derek Shepherd quotes from Grey&#039;s Anatomy

Oh, you have got to be kidding me? Where is George?

Derek

[groggily] Spent the night at the hospital.

And you slept in his bed! All night?

Derek

No, right after you fell asleep.

So you're telling me that my snoring is so bad, how did you deal with it for all those nights before I found out about your wife?

[walks past] He usually sleeps on the couch, sets an alarm, gets back in bed before you wake up.

Derek

Yeah, didn't want to hurt your feelings.

Oh, I'm going to do more than hurt your feelings. [smacks Derek with a pillow]

S3 E11 Six Days, Part 1

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Bailey

These are your letters of support for my free clinic. Sign them.

Why do you want this clinic so badly?

Derek

You're a surgeon.

Bailey

Because I need something more. I know you all have your messy love lives and your secrets and your silliness, but I want more. I need something to hold on to. I need a reason to believe that medicine can do more than stitch you up and, and send you away. I need to believe that medicine can not only save lives, but, but change lives! I need... I need... I need to believe in something the way I used to believe in you all. Sign the papers! Besides if you really want to be considered a candidate for Chief of Surgery, pioneering a pilot program, like a free clinic, will look very good on your resume. Sign the papers!

S3 E13 Great Expectations

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I'm a surgeon. I do the rescuing. You are not my knight in shining whatever.

Derek

So we're gonna fight because I pulled you out of the tub?

You have a place. You could sleep at it. And then you don't have to pull me out of the bathtub. You're everywhere, all the time, saying things.

Derek

This is the happy ever after part. And in the happily ever after, the guy is there all the time, saying things and the girls love it!

Go to work, I'll see you there.

Derek

And just for the record? I am your knight in shining whatever. [Kisses her]

S3 E15 Walk on Water

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[Derek walks into the elevator and notices that Richard dyed his hair]

Derek

What's different?

Nothing.

Leave him be.

Derek

What happened to your hair?

Nothing.

Derek

Mm-hmm.

[The elevator opens and Mark and Burke enter and keep staring at Richard's hair.]

Derek

[whispers to Addison] See. Look. Watch.

What happened to your hair?

Ahem. Leave him be.

He dyed it.

Derek

But why? [Addison smacks him with a magazine] Ow!

[hisses at Derek] Leave him be.

Derek

[whispers] What are you doing?!

What?

[looks back at Richard] OK, but why?

Richard

Men who have gray hair are noticed less than men who don't.

Derek

By who?

Richard

Well...

By the ladies?

[Mark and Derek start laughing until Richard glares at them]

Derek

It looks good, chief.

Very natural.

Ladies will love it.

[to the guys] He is alone. All alone. Do any of you even know what that's like? [looks at Burke] Lives with Cristina. [looks at Derek] Dates the perfect twelve-year-old. [looks at Mark] Man whore! His wife left him after 25 years of marriage. So if the man wants to dye his hair for the ladies, let him dye his hair for the ladies. Leave him be.

S3 E15 Walk on Water

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Alex is moving in?! To this house?!

He's taking George's room.

Why?

Derek

I was asleep just a minute ago.

Uh! And I was naked in the bathroom when Alex walked in. I'm lucky I didn't come out of the shower to find him peeing all over the seat.

Derek

And we're up.

S3 E18 Scars and Souvenirs

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Derek

[about Meredith] She's tough. She tries to hide it. She's difficult. But if you make an effort, she's worth it.

TThatcher

You okay?

Derek

Not entirely. She's worth the effort.

S3 E18 Scars and Souvenirs

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Derek

I came out here to be chief, and Meredith complicates that.

Bailey

Huh. Well if this turns into an "either or," you pick the person you love. End of story. Look, all of this means nothing if you're alone.

S3 E20 Time After Time

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Derek

I'm fine.

Are we fine?

Derek

Sure.

Not so convincing. I shouldn't have accused you of hovering, it wasn't nice. You were just trying to be there for me. But now, I'm being available, communicating, getting naked, and doing all of your favorite things.

Derek

Hm, good things.

Then why are you still staring at the ceiling?

Derek

I don't know, it's just, that day, you came out of the water. I spent the scariest hour of my life, trying to breathe for you. I love you, and I want you, but I don't know what to... you didn't swim. You didn't swim and you know how to. And I don't know if I can... I don't know if I wanna keep trying to breathe for you. [pause]

I should go. I'll go.

S3 E21 Desire

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So, how you feeling, Preston? You ready?

I'm always ready for surgery.

Derek

I think he's talking about the wedding.

Yeah, tomorrow's a big day.

And apart from the fact that Cristina hasn't written her vows, my best man just cancelled, and it's still raining.

Derek

He's not ready.

You're never ready. I certainly wasn't. And then, the minute I saw Adele coming down that aisle... Well. Have you picked your best man?

Actually, Chief...

Derek

You can't be his best man!

Why not?

Derek

It's unethical; it's a conflict of interest. The man wants to be Chief of Surgery.

Actually, Derek...

Derek

Not that that's why you're asking...

I was going to ask you.

Derek

Ask me what? [pauses] Oh! Really?

We have been through a lot this year.

Derek

And everybody else turned you down. Alright, what do I have to do?

Well, traditionally, the best man plans the bachelor party.

Derek

Drinks at Joe's after work.

I knew you were the man for the job.

S3 E24 Testing 1-2-3

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This is what you invited me to? This is your big bachelor party?

Derek

It was last minute, I needed some more bodies.

Which would explain why I'm here.

Why am I the only girl, by the way? What am I, the entertainment? I am not stripping.

Derek

[referring to himself and Mark] That's okay, we've seen it already.

True.

I haven't.

S3 E24 Testing 1-2-3

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Derek

You're a lucky man, Burke. Cristina's great. She's there. She's sure. She's willing to commit. You're a lucky man.

And you're not?

There he is. T minus five hours. And how's the best man? Up to the challenge? I was an excellent best man.

Derek

[scoffs, looks at Burke] Worst case scenario, I sleep with your wife in ten years.

S3 E25 Didn't We Almost Have It All?

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I really am up for a drink, you know if you, uh, need to talk.

Derek

What would I need to talk about?

Meredith. You were lucky, man. That girl jerked you around.

Derek

You have no idea what you're talking about.

Hey, I'm just... seem like you can use a friend about now.

Derek

Meredith's mother never wanted her and her father was never man enough to hang around. She has a right to be damaged and us, together? It's a big step for her. Her best friend gets left at the altar, and all she sees now is things like this, they don't work. She panics. She wants this, but she doesn't know how to have it. And you know what? That's not her fault. So don't ever talk to me about Meredith Grey again because you do not know what you are talking about. And I don't want a friend.

S4 E1 A Change Is Gonna Come

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I...um...

Derek

You're not ready for this.

No.

Derek

I asked for too much.