Izzie Stevens quotes from Grey's Anatomy

Meredith

We're newlyweds!

Izzie

A post-it wedding does not make you newlyweds!

Izzie

Get up. I mean it get up. Get up! Now go get a life.

I can't.

Izzie

George was a surgeon. He had a purpose he wanted to save lives and now he doesn't get the chance. Now he doesn't get the chance to do anything anymore. But you do. You could go to medical school, you know. You could hang out with your freaking friends, I don't care what you do. Just go do something with your life because you have one. You lived. You lived and George didn't and I know... I know... that that feels horrible and shocking and terrifying but you lived. So go live your freaking life.

I don't know how.

Izzie

Nobody does. Nobody knows how. But god have enough respect for George to figure it out cos if I see you sitting on this bench ever again I will kick your ass from here to Sunday.

Lexie

[voiceover] Grief may be a thing we all have in common, but it looks different on everyone.

Mark

It isn't just death we have to grieve. It's life. It's loss. It's change.

Alex

And when we wonder why it has to suck so much sometimes, has to hurt so bad. The thing we gotta try to remember is that it can turn on a dime.

Izzie

That's how you stay alive. When it hurts so much you can't breathe, that's how you survive.

Derek

By remembering that one day, somehow, impossibly, you won't feel this way. It won't hurt this much.

Bailey

Grief comes in its own time for everyone, in its own way.

Owen

So the best we can do, the best anyone can do, is try for honesty.

Meredith

The really crappy thing, the very worst part of grief is that you can't control it.

Arizona

The best we can do is try to let ourselves feel it when it comes.

Callie

And let it go when we can.

Meredith

The very worst part is that the minute you think you're past it, it starts all over again.

Cristina

And always, every time, it takes your breath away.

Meredith

There are five stages of grief. They look different on all of us, but there are always five.

Alex

Denial.

Derek

Anger.

Bailey

Bargaining.

Lexie

Depression.

Webber

Acceptance.

Izzie

He needs a spinal tap. His falling could have burst an aneurysm and some bleeds show up on a spinal tap that don't on the CT.

And some doctors enjoy torturing patients because they messed up and don't know what they're gonna do with the rest of their lives.

Izzie

You are the one that got me fired. You owe me this, you little bitch. Unless of course you want me to find that snotty Reed, what's her name? Tell her how much you love her. Cause I will.

Alex

So are you back or...

Izzie

Oh, did you want me to come back? Cause you told the Chief you had serious doubts about my abilities to be here.

Alex

What?

Izzie

You went behind my back and told the Chief I wasn't ready to be here.

Alex

He was making cuts, I was protecting you.

Izzie

You got me fired Alex.

Alex

Is that what you think?

Izzie

This job was the one thing I had left, the one thing, and you took that away from me. You interfered and got me fired. I have forgiven you for a lot Alex. I've had to forgive you for a lot, but I cannot forgive you for this.

Alex

You made an assumption. You decided I did something. You didn't ask. You didn't hang around to talk. I am your husband and you didn't give me the benefit of the doubt. So you know what? I can't forgive you either.