Grey's Anatomy quotes

Lexie

Hey, you paged?

Amelia

Look, I can remove the tumor and the diseased carotid together. All I have to do is run balloon catheters in through the femoral, place them in precise position, inflate them to stop the blood flow, do two arteriotomies, then feed a hepernized shunt into place, and reestablish blood flow.

Lexie

That's all?

Amelia

Oh, and I have to do it in 90 seconds. Any more than that and she strokes out.

Lexie

Is that even possible?

Amelia

Not sure. I would love to test it out.

Lexie

We should set up a simulator.

Amelia

Uh, don't we need to get Derek's approval?

Lexie

Yeah, but that shouldn't be a big problem--

Amelia

He loves to say no to me. That is his favorite thing to do.

Lexie

Maybe you should refrain from calling him a jackass.

Amelia

I can't help it, 'cause he is one.

Lexie

Maybe I should ask him.

Amelia

Would you? He's in surgery, OR 2.

Lexie

[turns to leave but stops] You just called me down here so that I would go to Derek for you, made me feel like it was my idea.

Amelia

Aren't I good?

Lexie

Amazing.

Webber

Meredith Grey.

Callie

No. Not Grey. Yang, maybe.

Webber

Yang's a cowboy.

Callie

Kepner.

Webber

[makes face] Kepner?

Callie

Not Kepner. Definitely not Grey. She spent all that time in neuro, and suddenly, she's chasing general. She's unfocused.

Webber

You're underestimating her. I think she'd surprise you.

Callie

[chuckles] She'd have to.

Webber

She will.

Callie

She'd have to come to me.

Meredith

You guys studying for the oral boards in the middle of the day?

April

It's just another benefit of having a study buddy. You should get one.

Meredith

I have one. It's just that my stupid study buddy's too busy trying to save her stupid marriage to actually help me study.

Alex

Well, you know what's better than a study buddy? A study lackey. Check it. [to intern] Hey, you. [whistles] Brown-haired girl, you're up.

[walks up] Uh, trauma incident or a surgical situation?

April

You made your interns come up with study questions?

Alex

[to Morgan] Surprise me.

Meredith

[voiceover] We may not like it but it really is important to stop every once in a while, get out of your own head and see the bigger picture. Actually find out that you were looking things all wrong can be sort of liberating. And suddenly you see new potential, new possibilities, where you’d never seen them before. And that's all fine when a hopeless situation suddenly looks good. Unfortunately sometimes it goes the other way.

Meredith

[voiceover] As surgeons we are trained to consult with each other to get opposing views. We even encourage patients to seek second opinions. But why seek a second opinion when you know that you are right? Cause if we are honest with ourselves, surgeons are more like cowboys. We are more likely to go it alone.

Meredith

[to Cristina] I've been up since 4:00 A.M., studying for the boards with Callie. Since 4:00 A.M. I haven't seen my husband or my baby since yesterday. I don't even care, because Callie blew my mind. She blew my mind. My hair is on fire. I mean, literal flames shooting out of my head.

Derek

How's it going with your better half?

Mark

(referring to Avery) He's uptight, worried about the boards, snapping at patients. I tried to get him laid, but…

Derek

I'm talking about Julia.

Mark

Oh. Of course.

Derek

You know what might be fun?

Bailey

I have no idea what might be fun.

Derek

A play date with Zola and Tuck.

Bailey

Oh. Uh...well, Tuck's 5, and Zola's, what, 1?

Derek

1 and a quarter, but it's more like she's 3. She's very mature.

Bailey

Well, uh, playing for Tuck means throwing things, breaking things, um, shooting things at people and things. I don't think Zola would survive a play date with Tuck.

Derek

Yeah. It's probably not a good idea.

Cristina

Did you have any pets growing up?

April

Uh, a fish tank, couple hamsters, two dogs-- Why?

Cristina

I'm just trying to get to know you better, that's it.

April

Okay.

Cristina

What were your dogs' names?

April

Well, let's see.. Uh, there was Buster...

April

And, um, Pickles.

April

Pickles was a Schnauzer.

Cristina

What was your mother's maiden name?

April

Are you hacking me?

Cristina

I need the nurses' schedule.

April

I don't schedule the nurses. If you knew anything about how this hospital was run, you would know...

Cristina

You know the nurses' schedule. You are April Kepner. You know everything.

Lexie

I can't wait to get back to neuro. At least with lost causes, you know where you stand, and the patients can tell you when they have had enough. I don't know how Morgan can bear it. I don't know how any of you can.

Alex

Come here. (shows her pictures of preemies on a wall) Jolene Joramo, one pound, four ounces at birth. She's 12 years old now. She's a goalie. Uh... Benji Gellerman, one pound, two ounces at birth. He's 9 years old, plays the trumpet. This one, Hannah Slavin? I worked on her myself. She looked like a hamster when she came out. Her dad just called, said she took her first steps. Some of them survive.

Meredith

[voiceover] You can seek the advice of others, surround yourself with trusted advisers, but in the end, the decision is always yours and yours alone. And when it's time to act and you are all alone with your back against the wall, the only voice that matters is the one in your head, the one telling you what you already probably knew. The one that's almost always right.

Meredith

[voiceover] We're trained to be vigilant, to chase down the problem, to ask all the right questions. To find the root of cause until we know exactly what it's and we can confront it. It takes an extremly amount of caution or we can overstep ourselves. We can create problems where none exist.

Derek

Come back to me.

Meredith

I'm not coming back.

Derek

You miss it.

Meredith

What's to miss about neuro?

Derek

Me.

Derek

[grins] Ah, Dr. Grey. So glad you could join us.

Meredith

[drearily] I've been kidnapped.

Derek

[to Lexie] She misses me.

Lexie

She's not even on neuro anymore.

Derek

Well, she's thinking about coming back.

Meredith

[chuckles] I'm not.

Derek

[smirks] She is. She's remembering the magic.

Meredith

[trying to comfort Lexie] You're not gonna cry right now. You're gonna go and talk to Derek. And he is gonna be pissed and disappointed and he's gonna scream at you and he won't look at you for days. Just take it. And you'll move on and you'll learn from this and you will never make this mistake again.

Meredith

[voiceover] Our intentions are always pure, we always want to do what's right, but we also have the drive to push boundaries. So we are in danger of taking things too far. We're told to do no harm while we're trained to cut you open with a knife. So we do things when we should have left well enough alone. Because it's hard to admit when there's no problem to treat, to let it alone. Before we make it so much worse. Before we cause such a terrible damage.