Grey's Anatomy quotes

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.

Alex

[to Izzie] You died in my arms. You died in my arms, you freakin' died and then you left instructions that I wasn't allowed to save your life! You wanna know what I'm scared of? I'm scared of everything! I'm scared to move! I'm scared to breathe! I'm scared to touch you! I can't lose you. I won't survive. And that's your fault. You made me love you, you made me let you in, and then you freakin' die in my arms!

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.

Meredith

[voiceover] Paranoia gives you an edge in the OR. Surgeons play out worst-case scenarios in their heads. You're ready to close, you got the bleeder. You know it but there's that voice in your head asking. What if you didn't? What if the patient dies and you could have prevented it? So you check your work one more time before you close. Paranoia is a surgeon's best friend.

Arizona

You know, it's not a good idea to piss off your attending.

Cristina

Oh, I don't know he was upset, I'll apologize.

Arizona

I wasn't talking about him.

Cristina

Sorry?

Arizona

I like kids, and I like their parents, and I like to see them smile. So I like going to get them pudding and playing games with them. Because it makes attaching their arms way more fun. I don't like being used. And I like being lied to even less.

Arizona

I hate hate hate this merger. Because I hate long-distance relationships. I don't believe in them. So, you can't move to Portland.

Callie

When I mentioned it this afternoon you didn't seem to mind. You were like 'Move to Portland'.

Arizona

I didn't know I was allowed to mind. I didn't know if we were girlfriends. But then you said girlfriend, you called me your girlfriend. So, I need to know. Am I your girlfriend?

Callie

Yeah.

Arizona

OK. Great. So, yeah, no, you're not moving to Portland. No, what you are going to do is, you're going to the chief's office and beg for-

Callie

I'm not gonna grovel!

Arizona

Yes, you are! Seriously, you don't wanna mess with me.

Meredith

[voiceover] We're all susceptible to it, the dread and the anxiety of not knowing what's coming. It's pointless in the end, because all the worrying and all the making of plans for things that could or could not happen, it only makes things worse. So walk your dog or take a nap. Just whatever you do, stop worrying. Because the only cure for paranoia is to be here, just as you are.

Meredith

[voiceover] We begin life with few obligations. We pledge allegiance to the flag. We swear to return our library books. But as we get older we take vows, we make promises, we get burdened by commitments, to do no harm, to tell the truth and nothing but, to love and cherish till death do us part. So we just keep running up the tap until we owe everything to everybody and suddenly think... what the.

Lexie

[to Meredith] I didn't want to do this, I didn't want to have to come to you for anything, ever. So I thought if I looked up your blood type, and it was the wrong one, then that would be it. Then I could just stop thinking about it. But I can't, because you have his blood. And I know that he's not your dad, I know that he was never there for you and I would never ask you to give him anything, he doesn't deserve a thing from you, he doesn't. But he's, he's going to die Meredith. And so I'm asking you to give something to me. I'm asking, I am asking you to give me my dad, because as crappy as he was to you, god, he was wonderful to me. He never missed a single dance recital, he was there at my 5th grade graduation, what is that? That's not even real. I know he's not your dad, I know that. But somehow you have his blood, and I don't. So I'm asking you, give me my dad.

Bailey

I had five interns. Four of you have been on this table. One of you has cancer, one of you died. You better not pull anything funny on me, Grey.

Webber

I have responsibilities, to make this hospital the best medical facility it can be, to repair what I've broken, even if it was twenty years ago. If I am now the bad guy, if I am now the villain here... well... so be it.

Meredith

[voiceover] The thing about being a surgeon, everybody wants a piece of you. We take one little oath, and suddenly we're drowning in obligations. To our patients, to our colleagues, to medicine itself. So we do what any sane person would do. We run like hell from our promises, hoping they'll be forgotten. But sooner or later, they always catch up. And sometimes you find the obligation you dread the most isn't worth running from at all.

Meredith

[voiceover] When you get sick, it starts out with a single bacterium. One lone nasty intruder. Pretty soon the intruder duplicates. Becomes two. Then those two become four. And those four become eight. Then, before your body knows it, it's under attack. It's an invasion. The question for a doctor is, once the invaders have landed, once they've taken over your body, how the hell do you get rid of them?

Callie

Daddy.

Calliope.

Callie

What, what are you doing here?

I came to see you.

Callie

Why?

Calliope, we used to talk. Every Sunday we used to talk. I'd wait for your call and you'd tell me everything. All about your crazy adventures. Even when you were in trouble you'd still call and we worked it out. We'd always work it out, Mija.

Callie

Daddy. [hugs] I'm sorry... I'm sorry things got so...

Sure

Callie

[sighs] But the fact that you came... Daddy is that Father Kevin?

Hello Calliope.

Callie

Wha...Are you tw-two here to... You think you can pray away the gay.

If we could just sit and talk...

Callie

You can't pray away the gay.

Calliope Iphigenia Torres.

Callie

You can't pray away the gay!

Leviticus: Thou shall not lie with a man as one lies with a female, it is an abomination.

Callie

Oh, don't do that daddy! Do'’t quote the bible at me!

The outcry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and the sin is exceedingly grave.

Carlos, this is not what we...

Callie

Jesus: A new commandment that I give unto you, that you love one another.

Romans: but we know that laws-

Callie

Jesus: He, who is without sin among you, let him cast the first stone...

So you admit it's a sin?

Callie

Blessed are the merciful for they shall obtain mercy! Jesus: blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God! Jesus: blessed are those who have been persecuted for righteousness sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven! Jesus is my savior daddy, not you! And Jesus would be ashamed of you for judging me! He would be ashamed of you for turning your back on me! He would be ashamed.