[voiceover] Maybe Romeo and Juliet were fated to be together, but just for a while, and then their time passed. If they could have known that beforehand, maybe it all would have been okay. I told Mrs. Snyder that when I was grown up, I'd take fate into my own hands. I wouldn't let some guy drag me down. Mrs. Snyder said that I'd be lucky if I ever had that kind of passion with someone, and that if I did, we'd be together forever. Even now, I believe that for the most part, love is about choices. It's about putting down the poison and the dagger and making your own happy ending... most of the time. And that sometimes, despite all your best choices and all your best intentions fate wins anyway.
S2 E8Let It Be
S2 E9Thanks for the Memories
[voiceover] Gratitude, appreciation, giving thanks. No matter what words you use, it all means the same thing. Happy. We're supposed to be happy. Grateful for friends, family. Happy to just to be alive. Whether we like it or not.
[about inviting Burke to Thanksgiving dinner] What was I supposed to do? Blow off my boyfriend for Thanksgiving? I tried to. He wouldn't blow. He's like something sticky that won't blow off.
I feel like one of those people who's freaking miserable they can't be around normal people. Like I'll infect the happy people. Like I'm some miserable, diseased, dirty ex-mistress. Your turn.
I failed the medical boards, if I tell Izzie she'll be nice about it all, supportive and optimistic. She might as well rip my nads off and turn them into earrings.
Alex, you should go to Thanksgiving. I mean don't tell her, if you don't want to. But you should go. Otherwise you're just... me.
A miserable, diseased, dirty ex-mistress. [Wolf whistle] Hot. That's really hot. I feel better already.
[after his brother shoots his father on accident] You shot dad in the ass. Are you happy now?
[voiceover] Maybe we're not supposed to be happy. Maybe gratitude has nothing to do with joy. Maybe being grateful means recognizing what you have for what it is. Appreciating small victories. Admiring the struggle it takes simply to be human. Maybe we're thankful for the familiar things we know. And maybe we're thankful for the things we'll never know. At the end of the day, the fact that we have the courage to still be standing is reason enough to celebrate.
S2 E10Much Too Much
[voiceover] When you were a kid, it was Halloween candy. You hid it from your parents and ate it until you got sick. In college, it was the heavy combo of youth, tequila and well, you know. As a surgeon, you take as much of the good as you can get because it doesn't come around nearly as often as it should. 'Cause good things aren't always what they seem. Too much of anything, even love, is not always a good thing.
SSteve
Meredith? You work here?
What are you doing here, Steve?
SSteve
I'm having a little problem.
Steve, Steve?
SSteve
Actually, I'm having a big problem.
[Moves his jacket to reveal his erect penis. Cristina notices and starts staring at it. Meredith doesn't notice.]
What?
[Still staring] Steve, hi! Cristina.
SSteve
Ever since you and I [Meredith follows Cristina's gaze and does a double-take]it won't go away.
Cristina!
What? It's right there, looking at me! There are so many things I could say right now — Champ!
[voiceover] How do you know how much is too much? Too much too soon. Too much information. Too much fun. Too much love. Too much to ask... And when is it all just too much to bear?
S2 E11Owner of a Lonely Heart
[voiceover] Forty years ago, the Beatles asked the world a simple question: they wanted to know where all the lonely people came from. My latest theory is that a great many of the lonely people come from hospitals. More precisely, the surgical wing of hospitals. [...] As surgeons, we ignore our own needs so we can meet our patients' needs. We ignore our friends and families so we can save other people's friends and families. Which means that, at the end of the day, all we really have is ourselves. And nothing in this world can make you feel more alone than that.
Look, these are preemies, people, they were supposed to spend another 8 weeks in the womb. Just like interns, they're not ready for the real world.
So, you're giving up the trailer?
I'm not giving up the trailer. Is Addison telling people that I'm giving up the trailer?
It's just funny, I just never would have pegged you for that guy.
What guy?
You know, the marble bath, private pool, gated community guy.
Don't peg me. I'm not peggable.
You're pegged. Deal with it.
[voiceover] Four hundred years ago, another well-known English guy had an opinion about being alone. John Donne. He thought we were never alone. Of course it was fancier when he said it. No man is an island entire unto himself. Boil down that island talk and he just meant that all anyone needs is someone to step in, and let us know we're not alone. And who's to say that someone can't have four legs. Someone to play with, or run around with, or just hang out.
S2 E12Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer
[voiceover] It's an urban myth that suicide rates spike at the holidays. Turns out they actually go down. Experts think it's because people are less inclined to off themselves when surrounded by family. Ironically that same family togetherness is thought to be the reason that depression rates actually do spike at the holidays. [Izzie turns around and smiles at Meredith and George] Yeah, okay, Izzie doesn't count.
I believe there's a mind-body-spirit connection. And if Justin really doesn't want this heart, his body will reject it.
Okay, let me get this straight. You don't just celebrate Christmas, you actually believe in Santa Claus?
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