Jackson Avery quotes from Grey's Anatomy

Catherine

Congratulations, we have our winners.

Cristina

Uh, he's (about Jackson) your son and you're the judge, isn't there some rule against that?

Catherine

I don't play favorites, dear. Nepotism is for the weak.

Jackson

That's what my birthday card has always said.

Jackson

I got steak and I bought a really good red, and a salad, and I'm gonna cook for you.

Mark

Avery, I have a girlfriend.

Jackson

And she's operating tonight, so as soon as you put Sofia down, you can help me study for my boards, 'cause I am behind. Way behind.

Mark

What'd you pay for that bottle of wine?

Jackson

50 bucks.

Jackson

I chose Tulane.

April

Good. That's good for you.

Jackson

Yeah. ... I feel sick, by the way. Sick to leave here, to leave you. But, uh, I'm glad-- I'm glad you're so friggin' happy about it.

April

I'm not. I'm not happy with any of it. I'm not happy that everything I thought I was turns out not to be true. Um, I'm not a board certified surgeon. I'm not a virgin. I'm not a good Christian. I don't know what I am, but I know I'm not happy. I loved having sex with you. You made me feel things... You changed me, Jackson. And I loved that. But I hate that I'm not a virgin for the man I'm gonna marry. [voice breaking] I'm not freakin' happy about that. And I'm really not happy that you feel bad about it, 'cause you're my best friend. But you know what? Torres is right. My problems will still be my problems tomorrow and the day after that and the day after that. And in a few weeks, my best friend will be at Tulane, and I may never see him again, so... For one night, I'm just gonna forget all about that. And I'm gonna try. I'm gonna try to be happy. I'm happy tonight. I am gonna be happy, Jackson. 'Cause this is a happy time, and we should be celebrating, okay? So can you please just wipe that freakin' frown off your face and be happy with me?

Jackson

You look really nice.

April

So do you.

Jackson

The Chief banged my mom.

Meredith

What? The... Owen?

Jackson

I mean Webber, Dr. Webber banged my mom.

Meredith

Oh... oh... Oh my god!

Jackson

Yeah, I know...

Meredith

Well, if it makes you feel any better: he banged my mom too.

Jackson

That makes me feel worse!

Callie

Now the rest of you will each get a chance to examine our patient before we move on to the skills lab portion of the contest. Dr. Avery, will you bring in our patient?

Jackson

Now Dr. Torres and I will be performing a nerve transplant on Dr. Shepherd's injured hand. We need an intern we can trust.

Callie

And that's saying a lot, because we don't trust any of you people yet. Wilson, you're up.

Jo

[nervously examines Derek's hand] Oh...

Derek

I'm not gonna bite you, Wilson.

Jo

Right.

April

How do we explain that we just destroyed two perfectly lovely people so that we could... what, date?!

Jackson

Okay, the best solution is never to speak to any of them ever again.

April

Or...?

Jackson

Or we get married. I...

April

Because that's easier to explain.

Jackson

No. No, 'cause you're right, all right? I don't want to just date. April, I want the whole damn thing. I... We can get to lake Tahoe in 13 hours.

April

How do you know that?

Jackson

Do you want to get into that right now?

April

No.

Jackson

No, you don't want to get into that or, no, you don't want to get married?

April

Yes. Yes!

Owen

Dr. Pierce, Dr. Bailey told me you ordered an exome panel for her patient.

Miranda

They caught me. And I threw you under the bus. Sorry.

Jackson

Yeah, Dr. Bailey's genome-research program has been discontinued.

Maggie

You know, I heard that. And I have to say, I think it's stupid. Genome mapping is like getting the answers in the back of the book. It is the key to so many medical solutions. Closing that program makes your board look like a bunch of morons.

Miranda

Have you met Dr. Avery?

Maggie

Yeah, plastics, right?

Owen

Dr. Avery is also a voting member on the board.

Maggie

Of course you are.

April

I want to end where we began, in a bed, in love, and I just want to keep us there for a minute. And anything you say right now is gonna ruin it, so please just don't!

Jackson

Don't you see? This is what you do. You just decide how things are gonna go.

April

I am not the one deciding in this situation!

Jackson

Of course you're the one deciding!

April

What?!

Jackson

April, you're always deciding! You decide to go to Jordan. You decide to leave. You decide to stay. You decide you need me, then you decide you don't. You decide we can talk. You decide we cannot.

April

I don't want to talk because I know what you're gonna say! You're gonna say you love me but...

Jackson

You don't know what I'm going to say!

April

I'm pretty sure I do.

Jackson

It doesn't matter! You don't!

April

Fine! Then go ahead! Say it.

Callie

Everything's gonna be fine, you guys. We just have to be squirrels about this.

Jackson

Couldn't have heard you correctly there.

Callie

Oh, you know, squirrels. They store nuts for the winter, right? But they don't do it all at once. They do it one nut at a time. Everyone has their part to play, so everyone just needs to handle their own nut. We do that, we get all the nuts.

I'm Sergeant Carson's surgeon. And you are... the "Dream Team"? You can't just make decisions for my patient.

Bailey

Uh, we're not here to step on toes, Doctor.

You're here to make my patient a guinea pig.

Jackson

How about we take a step back?

How about you take 10 steps back, through that door, because no one's touching my patient!

Thorpe...

Bailey

Sir, I understand that you want what's best for your patient. Is the surgery new and risky? Yes, it is. But if it works...

Callie

Oh, it'll work. Major Thorpe, your Chief asked for our help because he knows we're the best. Now, you called us the Dream Team, and that's exactly what we are. We are miracle workers. Now, the sooner you recognize that, the sooner we can get to the business of saving a life, which is all any of us are here to do, yourself included.

Jackson

All right, I have been going over the paperwork, you know, for the lawyer. The prenup, post-nup, whatever.

April

You know, I just... I don't need this.

Jackson

At first glance, it was actually really frustrating, you know, 'cause I wasn't finding anything that was actually gonna help my case. It was just so fair. Um, and I realized that was because it was written by two people who really loved each other, two people who really wanted to protect each other, who really wanted what was best for each other. And, April, I, uh... I don't know where those people went. I don't know if we can fix us, April. I don't know if we should. But I know I don't like who I am turning into. I don't want to treat you... This person who wrote this, who signed this, was your best friend. You were my best friend, April, my favorite person. And I realized that that's who I should be dealing with. We should treat each other the way we did on this paper.

Owen

How's Kepner doing?

Maggie

What do you mean how's Kepner doing? She's a turncoat.

Owen

But she's also a friend.

Arizona

Yes, she's a friend. She's a poor, misguided, very confused friend. It's like you found out that your friend voted wrong.

Owen

Can you vote wrong?

[simultaneously] Yes. Absolutely. Yeah!

April

Why didn't you just tell me? Alright, forget it.

Jackson

You good?

April

What?

Jackson

I stared at him from across the room thinking he would see me. Recognize. My face, my eyes, anything. All I got was 'you good?' No recognition. Like I was anyone. No one.

Jackson

I have a daughter. Her name is Harriet.

Harriet. Wow, that is wonderful. I'm a grandfather.

Jackson

No, no you're not. My mom is a wonderful grandmother and you seem like a decent guy. But you're not a grandfather.

Amelia

I’m not a big believer in inoperable. God, yes. Unicorns, possibly. Inoperable, no.

Jackson

Then start hunting unicorns. Your chances are better.

Amelia

You don’t hunt unicorns? What’s the matter with you?