Jackson Avery quotes from Grey's Anatomy

Jackson

I love you. I always have. I love everything about you - even the things I don't like, I love. And I want you with me. I love you and I think that you love me, too. Do you?

Jackson

[opening voice-over] Freezing. Choking. Getting tongue-tied. It's what we call it when your mind goes from brilliant to blank. You can prepare all you want, but the feeling can still hit you, out of nowhere. So when it hits you, when your mind shuts down, when you open your mouth and no words come out, the good news is, it happens to all of us.

Jackson

[closing voice-over] Freezing. Choking. Getting tongue-tied. There's a reason it happens. We lose our words because the stakes are so high and we have so much to lose. We're petrified of saying too much or saying it wrong. When the truth is, the only wrong thing you could say is nothing at all.

Jackson

So, Yang's with Hunt, Grey's with Shepherd, Torres with Robbins. And you were with Sloan, until he dumped you? It's a wonder you guys got any work done.

Lexie

He didn't dump me. He forgot about me. He decided that we were going to start a family, and didn't ask me. He forgot I was even there. He left me lying in dirty dishwater.

Jackson

What?

Lexie

Nothing.

Jackson

I'm pretty.

Lexie

What?

Jackson

In my family I'm the pretty one. You know, my eyes, and my smile and my body. I meam, you should see me without shirt on, it's kind of ridiculous. But my family is smart, driven, crazy overachievers. You know? And they look like they're smart. They don't look like me. Which has its perks, except that my family treated me like I'm pretty. They expected nothing from me. Ever. They never pushed me, never thought to. So I had to push myself. Hard. I didn't even tell them I was taking the MCAT's until after I aced them. My point is that you can't just change your hair. Okay? You wanna be unforgettable, you wanna not be mousey? You can't just change your hair. You have to actually change. Just sayin'.

Bailey

Single most important step in the exam process. Anyone?

Jackson

Physical exam.

Bailey

No. No chocolate for you.

Cristina

Lab and radiology evaluation.

Bailey

Oh! Come on, people now you're embarrassing me.

Lexie

Patient history.

Bailey

Thank you! [throws a chocolate to her] Catch.

Avery

Nice face.

Alex

At least I can do surgery. How's that hand?

Avery

It'd be better if you hadn't run your face into it.

Mark

Listen, I don't know what's going on here but I know better than to mess with you on turf so do me a solid, nod and act as if we're havin' a big debate here 'cause Dr. Grey over there, she agreed to go out with me if I talked to you.

She's bossy.

Mark

I know, I dig it.

What's in it for me?

Mark

Seahawks. Sunday, box seats.

Parking?

Mark

Of course.

Okay. [shouts] Unless Dr. Bailey herself orders that drain put back in I...

Mark

Now mention how highly I think of her.

... I don't care if you think Dr. Grey is the best resident you've ever seen come through this program.

Mark

I understand, and I respect that. Thank you. [walks back to Lexie] Ah, I did what I could. What time do you get off?

Lexie

What?! That's it? You didn't do anything!

Mark

See you at nine. [walks off]

Jackson

You're going out with Sloan tonight?

Lexie

One drink. And then you are gonna interrupt us and tell me that there#s a medical emergency.

Jackson

There might be a medical emergency if you don't get that drain put back in your guy. I'm just sayin'. I guess you can observe when I'm taking out that gallbladder through dude's mouth.

Lexie

I can't believe he walked in with a knife in his head and is walking out an hour later to go to a ball game.

Jackson

Speaking of which. [holds out tickets] Any chance you wanna go to the game too? Apparently Karev didn't want his floor seats. So are you interested?

Lexie

Actually, yes. Yes, I am.

Jackson

Just wanted to make sure you were alright.

Lexie

Ricky's not, that's for sure. I told Julia that she'd find somebody else, but I'm not sure I believed it.

Jackson

Ah, she will.

Lexie

But what if he's...

Jackson

...her soulmate? You've gotta be kidding me with this crap, Lexie. Nobody has just one soulmate. That'd be such a dumb system. Look, Ricky and Julia deserve better than someone who makes them sick. You deserve better, too. And there is more than one soulmate for everyone. I mean, someone like you, there'd be a line out the door as soon as word got out.

Lexie

[smiles] Oh, would you be in the line?

Jackson

Yeah, I'm in the line.

Jackson

What's this?

Alex

What's this? It's your kid, your African kid.

Cristina

Oh, that's happening?

Jackson

Today?

Alex

Tonight. The first group gets here tonight. I've been telling you this all week. Look, each of you gets your own kid. Some of them will be traveling with family, a few of them are orphans, so you are in charge of your kid, alright? You're like their ambassador. [hands a folder to Cristina, but takes it back] Wait, you can't have her. You'd be awful to her. [Lexie laughs] Okay, him. [hands her another folder] No. Yes, him.

Lexie Grey

He's melting down.

Jackson

Trainwreck.

Cristina

Evil spawn is now Mother Teresa.

Arizona

You know, you have a kid and your worry a lot about screwing them up. Like something you do or say, or something you don't say will change 'em forever.

Jackson

Yes ma'am.

Arizona

I was just thinking, you're totally determining the course of this kid's life. You will determine whether or not this kid gets made fun of for his looks or if he cries when he looks at his school picture every year. And today you will decide who goes to prom with, and who he will marry, I mean if he gets married at all. If he dies all alone, unattractive and unloved. Did you want me to call Sloan?

Derek

[voiceover] There are distinct differences, between male and female brains.

Webber

[voiceover] Female brains have a larger hippocampus...which usually makes them better at retention and memory.

Alex

[voiceover] Male brains have a bigger parietal cortex, which helps when fending off an attack.

Jackson

[voiceover] Male brains confront challenges differently than female brains.

Mark

[voiceover] Women are hardwired to communicate with language. Detail. Empathy. Men, not so much.

Owen

[voiceover] It doesn't mean we're any less capable of emotion.

Derek

[voiceover] We can talk about our feelings. It's just that, most of the time, we'd really rather not.

Mark

Derek! You're trying to steal my guy. He's my guy. Avery go get in the car.

Jackson

What? No.

Derek

Mark.

Mark

You've been moving in on him all week. You weren't even interested in him until you saw how much he meant to me. I don't take the time to teach anyone if I can help it.

Derek

Mark.

Mark

But I'm takin' the time with Avery because he's a quick learner and he can do a c-plasty better than I could at his level.

Jackson

I can? [Mark turns to walk away]

Derek

Hey, hey. Don't do that. Don't just yell at me then walk away.

Mark

I'm not. It's just that Sofia likes it if I'm moving.

Owen

You guys talk. I'll take the baby.

Mark

Okay, careful. We had a scare this week. [hands Sofia to Owen] Thank you. Now, Avery go get in the car. Friends don't steal from each other.

Derek

It's not stealing if he asks to scrub in on my surgeries.

Mark

Oh, don't be a jackass.

Jackson

Okay, look. I appreciate this, I do. But if I have to choose, I choose plastics. I mean, I really appreciate being able to take the lead on your neuro surgeries but I feel like--

Mark

[to Jackson] You usin' my boy here? To get more surgery? Nobody uses my boy. [Derek smiles, Jackson looks confused]

April

Okay, I get that you like to put your dirty clothes in my laundry because, frankly, if you didn't you'd never have any clean clothes. Fine. I will wash your dirty underpants. But you know what? I am not okay with washing your "skank of the week's" dirty underpants.

Jackson

Actually those are Lexie's, thank you.

April

Oh, she w...

Jackson

Oh yeah.

April

Okay, never mind. [Leaves]

Jackson

Not Lexie's.

Alex

Nope. Lauren, third floor, radiology.

Jackson

Oh, nice.

Alex

[voiceover] People say 'be a man.' People say it all the time.

Owen

[voiceover] But what does that even mean?

Webber

[voiceover] Is it about strength?

Owen

[voiceover] Is it about sacrifice?

Jackson

[voiceover] Is it about winning?

Mark

[voiceover] Maybe it's simpler than that.

Derek

[voiceover] You have to know when not to man up. Sometimes it takes a real man to set his ego aside, admit defeat, and simply start all over again.