“Let the Bad Times Roll” quotes from Grey's Anatomy

Meredith

[voiceover] Carpe diem. How annoying is carpe diem? How are you supposed to plan a life? A career? A family? If you're always "carpe"-ing the "diem"? If we all seized every moment of every day, there wouldn't be doctors. Who'd sit through med school? We'd all be too busy living in the now, whatever that means.

Arizona

What the hell were you thinking?

Dude...

Arizona

You're an idiot. You should have called me. I mean, w-why didn't you call me?! I'm a doctor what do you think I do all day long?! Instead you go to some quack in Tibet? I mean, you should have freaking called me!

Naturopathy works too, Flagstaff.

Arizona

Woah! It's not Flagstaff! And it's not Phoenix and it's not Tempe it is Arizona Robbins, M.D. do you know what that means?

How do you spell it?

Arizona

It's not funny Nick! Nothing is funny. You're dying! And you know what hell it was when Tim died because you were there, and-and you and I barely made it through that so to do nothing for six years and then come when it's too late I-I-

Why do you think I didn't come to you sooner? Honestly after Tim died, I could...You think I don't know how this must feel for you?

Arizona

You're an idiot! I couldn't have helped him! But I could have helped you! [storms out]

Lexie

Oh, hey.

Mark

Hey.

Lexie

Thanks, uh, for today. For-- For letting me, uh...

Mark

You did a good job in there.

Lexie

Thanks.

Mark

You okay?

Lexie

I love you. Oh, G-- Oh, my God. That just came... fly-flying out of my face, like it was s-s-some kind of-- I-I l... I love you. I just-- God! Did it again! [laughs] I... I-I-I-I love you. I-I do. I just-- I-I love you. And I have been trying not to say it. I have been trying so hard to just mash it down and ignore it and not say it. And Jackson is a great guy. He-he is, and he... he's gorgeous, and-and he's younger than you, and he doesn't have any grandkids or-or babies with his lesbian BFFs and he's an Avery, and-and he liked me, you know? He... he really liked me. But it was never gonna work out because I-I love you. I am so in love with you. And you're-you're... you're in me. It's-- You're like... it's-- It's like you're a disease. It's like I am infected by Mark Sloan. [laughs] And I just can't... [voice breaking] I can't think about anything or anybody, and I can't sleep. [crying] I can't breathe. I can't eat. And I love you. I just... I love you all the time, just every minute of every day. And I-I-I... I-I... love you. God, that feels good, just to-to say that... to... I am... I feel so much better. Just... I love you.

You seem awfully sure of yourself

Cristina

I'm sorry. Is that a question?

You feel threatened?

Cristina

Oh. Have we moved into psychology?

I find your hostility curious.

Cristina

I'm curious as to why you think me hostile.

You know, if you don't agree with my approach I wish you'd voice your issues.

Cristina

I don't disagree.

I don't believe you.

Cristina

Are you calling me a liar, sir? Fine. You know what? Earlier when I said I was OK with that open procedure I wasn't. That might have been OK when Hawkeye and BJ did it on MASH. But being the new century and all, I would have, as I said earlier, treated endoscopically.

Then you lied earlier.

Cristina

You know. Oh God. I can answer these questions any way you want using medical techniques from any era. So how about if we just... You know pick a decade you are comfortable with and go from there.

Well then. It's been a pleasure being witness to such a genius. I can now finally retire knowing that such advanced and creative minds work in the surgical field.

Cristina

That's it?

Oh I think we've had enough of an education today Dr. Yang.

Cristina

But... there still twenty minutes.

No need. Oh... best of luck.

Meredith

[voiceover]: I'll admit the Romans had a point. You gotta to live life. And living means that every morning when you wake up you have to chose between seizing what life offers in the moment and forging ahead, no matter the weather or closing the curtains and shutting out the day.