Cristina Yang quotes from Grey's Anatomy

Cristina

There's a club. The Dead Dads Club. And you can't be in it until you're in it. You can try and understand. You can sympathize, but until you feel that loss. My dad died when I was 9. George, I'm really sorry you had to join the club.

George

I... I don't know how to exist in a world where my dad doesn't.

Cristina

Yeah, that never really changes.

Izzie

George has turned into a sex machine. Are you hearing me? A machine of sex! We have to do something. What's wrong with you people?

Meredith

Derek kept me up all night with his ranting. Cristina and Burke still are not speaking to each other.

Cristina

Okay, you know what? I'm fine. I mean I'm just not going to be the first one talking. I mean, he has to talk because I'm in the right. Talking first is for losers, I'm winning.

Meredith

Plus she's starving because he won't cook for her, and that makes her a little crazy. And Alex. I don't know what's wrong with Alex.

Alex

I'm good. I'm all good.

Cristina

Meredith, I have a thing... news.

Meredith

You're not pregnant again, are you? Cause I can't handle the extra months of bitchiness.

Burke

What is your problem?

Cristina

You know everyone's back. Everyone's back except her. And I listen to her. Everyday, about her McLove life, her McDreamy, her McCrap. And the one day, the one day I have a thing she disappears...

Burke

Meredith, this is about Meredith.

Cristina

She doesn't know yet.

Burke

Meredith?

Cristina

She's my person.

Burke

Right. And if Meredith doesn't approve, then what?

Cristina

This, this is not about getting her approval, it's about...

Burke

What?

Cristina

Telling her makes it, makes it... If I murdered someone, she's the person I'd call to help me drag the corpse across the living room floor.

Burke

Ok, so now, you're likening someone here to a corpse. I'm done.

Cristina

She's my person.

Cristina

[after finding out about Meredith] It's Meredith?

Alex

Yeah.

Cristina

Are you sure? Did you see her? Because it could be...

Alex

[grabs her arm] It's Meredith.

Cristina

Oh. [sees Derek crying in hall] Oh. Oh.

Izzie

She will come through this.

George

You don't know that.

Izzie

She will come through this.

George

People die.

Izzie

I know people die. People die in front of us every day. But I believe Meredith will survive this. I believe - I believe - I believe in the good. I believe that it's been a hell of a year, and I believe that in the face of overwhelming evidence to the contrary, we will all be okay. I believe a lot of things. I believe that - I believe that Denny is always with me. And I believe that if I eat a tub of butter and no one sees me, then calories don't count. And I believe that surgeons who prefer staples over stitches are just lazy. [to George] And I believe that you are a man who made a terrible mistake marrying Callie. And I believe that because I am your best friend, I can tell you this and we can be okay. I believe that even though you made this mistake, you will be okay. I believe we survive, George. I believe that believing we survive is what makes us survive.

Burke

You know, some do come back from this.

Cristina

You know what? I am not a civilian. I know the science here. It's drinking time.

Burke

Not yet. You have a responsibility to Meredith.

Cristina

No. Uh-uh. I don't do this stuff. You should know. I don't go to great lengths.

Burke

Well, you were there for me.

Cristina

After. After I knew you were going to make it. Hey, I'm not proud. Okay, I just... I can't. I can't go back there. I can't. I can't go back there and watch her.

Burke

Listen to me. This is about you and the woman you call your person. And you do know the science here. And if she dies, and you are sitting here when that happens, I can't see you coming back from that. Come and say goodbye to your friend.

Burke

What was that?

Cristina

That was my smug, passive-aggressive, limey ex-boyfriend trying to show me I picked the wrong guy.

Burke

Oh, I know, and I'm fine with it, as long as I'm learning something. I was actually talking about you. What was that?

Cristina

You're going to have to put up with me being nice and sweet for a little while.

Burke

That'll be a nice change of pace.

Cristina

Shut up.

Burke

That's more like it.

Meredith

Talk about divine retribution.

Izzie

What?

Meredith

He sleeps with his assistant, and a carnivorous fish lodges itself in his penis, that's instant karma if I've ever seen it.

Cristina

Yeah, well, Derek wasn't struck by lightning and neither were you.

Meredith

Addison showed up, I had months of pain and self-loathing, crazy ranting mother and a near drowning off the side of a dock. I mean, it's no fish in my hoo-hoo, but it's certainly not an easy ride.

Cristina

Yeah, well, I've cheated on my boyfriends and I'm fine. I mean am I the only one?

Callie

Okay. I rescheduled an ACL repair, but I want to be clear: I will not be wearing pink or baby blue. I do not do flowers in my hair. And I will never be seen with a bow on my ass, okay?

Cristina

See? She's got the right attitude.

Meredith

Stop whining! This is your wedding day. You will go down that aisle. And you will get married! If I have to kick your ass, every step of the way to get you there. You will walk down the aisle, you will get married. Do you hear me Cristina? We need this. We need you to get your happy ending.

Cristina

Okay, I'm ready.

Cristina

I am wearing the dress. I'm ready. And, and maybe I didn't want to before. But I want to now. I really think I want this.

Burke

I really wish that you didn't think. I wish that you knew.

Cristina

[to new interns] I have five rules. Memorize them. Rule number one, don't bother sucking up. I already hate you, that's not gonna change.

Izzie

Traumas protocol, phone lists, pagers. The nurses will page you, you answer every page at a run. A run. That's rule number two. [notices the interns are not following her] You're supposed to follow me.

Alex

The first shift starts now and lasts 36 hours. You're grunts, nobodies, the bottom of the surgical food chain. You run labs, write orders, and you work every second night until you drop. And you don't complain.

Meredith

On call rooms. Sleep when you can, where you can. You know, but not with anybody. Not attendings, especially not attendings. Sleeping with attendings, not a good idea. Where was I?

George

Er, rule number three. If you're sleeping, do not wake you unless the patient's actually dying.

Cristina

The dying patient better not be dead when I get there, because not only will you have killed someone, you will have woken me for no good reason. Are we clear? [Lexie raises her hand] Yes?

Lexie

That was four rules. You said five.

Cristina

Rule number five. When I move, you move. [awkward pause as nobody moves] Go! [Cristina's interns scramble off]

Cristina

Carnage in the pit. My day's improving. [Cristina walks away and turns to her interns] Follow. [Interns run to follow her]

Lexie

We're not gonna round?

Cristina

Carnage trumps rounds, Three. Write that down. Carnage always trumps rounds.

Cristina

Here I am stuck in the pit with those know-nothing interns. You think eventually I catch a break.

Meredith

Cristina, are we ever gonna talk about this? The Burke thing?

Cristina

I'm not Izzie. I'm not gonna lie at the bathroom floor all day. I'm gonna lie here... on the counter.

Meredith

I'll trade you the hemiglossectomy.

Cristina

What?

Meredith

You take the hemiglossectomy and I will take the ER and your interns.

Cristina

Are you sure?

Meredith

Take the surgery. If it makes you feel better, you're starting to freak me out. [Meredith leaves]

Alex

I saw the whole thing, Yang. You can stop pretending.

Cristina

Oh, I'm not pretending. I'm sad. I'm very sad. [makes a childish voice] Me so sad.

Alex

Maybe I should try it. See if I can get Grey to take my new intern.

Cristina

Hey, forget it. Sad is mine. Go find your own pretend emotion.

Cristina

Oh, great, I'm stuck in the pit taking smack heads and gang bangers with my idiot interns and you're getting McDreamy'd in the elevator.

Meredith

Really, smack heads and gang bangers at Seattle Grace, huh?

Cristina

My point is, I hate interns.

Meredith

Lexie's not that bad is she?

Cristina

Oh, are we not hating her anymore?

Meredith

Oh no, we still hate the idea of her. We just realize we don't have a reason to hate the actual person.

Cristina

She's an intern. That's reason enough.

Meredith

Ohhh, I think you may be the new Nazi.

Cristina

Damn right.