Callie Torres quotes from Grey's Anatomy

Callie

[to George] I'm out of my element here, I, I break bones for a living, I, I, I used to live in the basement, most days I wear last night's eyeliner to work, I don't give a crap what other people think of me! Because I am a happily independent, successful woman and I like it that way, only when you say stuff like this, [sighs] it just makes things too hard. So please, don't chase me anymore, unless you're ready to catch me.

Callie

[to Lexie] Look, alone people don't like to hear about the together people, okay? Even if the alone people are alone by choice. It's just sort of mean. It's sort of like bringing a 6-pack to an AA meeting.

Callie

We're trying to move on, which is progress. And it feels weird and sad and wrong, but it also feels exciting. I miss Mark and Lexie. And I'm heartbroken that they're not here tonight. I'm heartbroken, but I'm also grateful that all of you are. And I'm gonna celebrate that. And we are gonna toast.

Callie

[voice over] Doctors never mean to screw up. They make a bad call and the unthinkable happens. It's not like we do it on purpose, it's not like we want to hurt anyone but sometimes we do. Sometimes we make mistakes... and when we blow it, we're sorry. Not that being sorry really matters, not anymore. No apology in the world matters now.

Callie

[voice over] We've all done things we aren't proud of. I understand that. I know nobody's perfect. But how do you live with it? How do you get up every morning and face the world knowing you could have done better?... That you should have done better. Is being sorry enough? Can an apology actually heal our wounds, ease our pain? Can it undo the hurt that we've caused?

Callie

[ending voice over] Once the chaos subsides, we have to go back. Take another look. We have to ask ourselves: can this body be put back together? If we've done our jobs right, it can. We stop the bleeding. We sew up the damage. We make the body whole again. But no matter how hard we try, we have to realize some things just can't be fixed.

Callie

You know Shepherd pretty well, yeah?

Bailey

Lots of hair, too many women, likes elevators and long walks on the beach.

Callie

So, um, what's the best way to get him to do something?

Bailey

What kind of something?

Callie

A consult that the patient hasn't requested, but that the friendly neighborhood ortho resident thinks is worth pursuing.

Bailey

Shepherd thinks he's busier and maybe a little more important than everyone else.

Callie

Standard neurosurgeon breed.

Bailey

Exactly.

Callie

OK, so?

Bailey

So he'll say no. Until you stare him down.

Callie

Stare him down?

Bailey

Stare him down. [stares at Callie]

Izzie

Hey! It's the little woman. So what are your plans now? You're not moving in, are you?

Callie

Nice.

George

Wait, Callie.

Callie

Forget it.

George

No. Unbelievable. People, you're supposed to be my friends. My closest friends. Callie is a big - She's the most important part of my life now. If you wanna drive her away, and you're masters at it, you'll do it. But if she's gone, I'm gone. She's my wife. Calliope Iphigenia Torres is my wife. [Izzie starts to laugh at Callie's name] Don't you dare.

Izzie

Okay.

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.

Callie

You should direct your questions to Dr. Bailey, Stevens.

Cristina

Oh, we're directing our questions to Dr. Bailey?

Callie

Oh, not you, just Stevens.

Bailey

Why is Stevens directing her questions to Dr. Bailey?

Callie

Because she's been sleeping with my husband. Alrighty then? Have a good day.

Cristina

[to Meredith] This is even more disturbing than your bag full of Mommy.

Callie

Um, did anyone... did anyone ever think you two were a couple?

Meredith

No, because we screw boys like whores on tequila.

Cristina

And then we either try to marry them or drown ourselves.

Derek

I'm gonna yell at the major general. Wanna come?

Mark

Hell yeah. Be right there.

Derek

Hey Torres.

Callie

[from under the covers] Hey.

Mark

Pain and agony for a little bit of pleasure, I get it.

Callie

If that's bad, why don't you stop sl— doing what you're doing.

Mark

Because it doesn't feel bad when I'm... doing it. It's good. It's great. And maybe if you weren't so scared of getting burnt you'd feel the same.

Callie

You know, I used to walk tall around here. I used to walk tall. And then came George. He took off at least an inch, and Erica went and left me that shaved off a few more. I got shorter. All that humiliation, it makes you shorter, so yeah, I am scared of getting hurt, because one more personal disaster right now would cut me off at the knees.

Bailey

What's she doing?

Webber

It looks like she's praying.

Mm, no. Addie doesn't pray.

Callie

What's she doing?

Uh, she's praying.

Callie

[chuckles] No, Addison doesn't pray. She must be hiding.

Addison

I can hear you! And I'm not hiding. I am trying to pray but I don't know how to pray because I'm a WASP and we only go to church on Christmas.

Callie

You guys go, I got this. [sits next to Addison]

Addison

I have no clout with God. God doesn't even know who I am. Which sucks because I could... I could use some help.

Callie

Dear God, I need your guidance. I kissed a peds surgeon.

Addison

You kissed a peds surgeon?

Callie

I never thought I'd end up with a woman, God, but, I mean not until lately, but that's not the problem. The problem is the peds thing. She's, she's perky... and has butterflies on her scrub cap. But she's also hot... really hot. So, help me get over the butterflies. Amen. [to Addison] You're an amazing doctor, you save babies. God knows who you are.

Addison

Do you really believe in all this? In God?

Callie

Sometimes. Most of the time. When it counts.

Callie

Look, I'm sorry about your patient. I know how hard it can be. I, I had a patient a couple of years ago, a young guy, 50 maybe. Simple knee replacement. He was post op, he was fine. I even told his wife she could go and get him lunch. I mean, it was a simple knee replacement, it was nothing. But, ah, he'd been getting short of breath so I'd put him on blood thinners for a post surgical PE. And, ah, It wasn't until he was vomiting up dark red blood, looking me in the eye, telling me that he was dying... that I figured it out. That I was wrong. That it wasn't a PE, he was bleeding internally. It wouldn't have been fatal, but the blood thinners. God, I will never forget the look on his wife's face. When she came back with that sandwich in her hand, asking me why her husband wasn't in his room anymore.

Derek

How do you live with it? Killing him. Taking him from his wife. How do you live with it?

Callie

We call it malpractice when we make a mistake.

Derek

Yeah, I know what we call it! I'm asking you, when you get up in the morning, how do you look at yourself in the mirror? I'm not... I'm... I'm asking.

Callie

[looks at the beer Derek is drinking] Can I have one of those?

Derek

Yeah.