Grey's Anatomy quotes

Webber

We need to talk.

Meredith

What's wrong?

Webber

I thought you were stepping up, putting Blake on your service, but what I saw in that O.R wasn't teaching.

Meredith

She crapped out on a basic surgical principle.

Webber

You were hazing her.

Meredith

If she cracks under the pressure of an emergent surgery, she does not belong in this program.

Webber

Blake was at the top of her class at Dillard. Her references were impeccable. I checked them myself.

Meredith

You checked? So you knew where she was from? You checked her case record? Her losses? Did you know that she--

Webber

She was an excellent candidate. You were the only reason not to hire her.

Meredith

And you didn't find that reason enough? (walks away)

Webber

I didn't want Blake here. I fought it.

Meredith

Then why did you hire her?

Webber

Because I've been accused of coddling you, and I didn't want to do that. I didn't think you'd want me to. That was one reason. I didn't want you here, either. When you were accepted to this program, I didn't know how I was gonna look at you every day... and be reminded of the best and worst times of my life. And you walked in, the spitting image of your mother. Talented, smart... here-- Every day. And I decided that wasn't fair to you. I decided to put aside my personal feelings to--

Meredith

Rise above.

Webber

And I'm glad I did that. Every day.

Meredith

He would have said the same thing. Derek-- He probably would have even liked her.

Meredith

[closing voice-over] They say shame controls every aspect of human behavior. It's about who we believe we are. But in the end, you can't hide, and the body doesn't lie. The truth is right there for the world to see. Our shame can choke us. Kill us. Can rot us from the inside, if we decide to let it. Don't let that happen to you.

Meredith

[opening voice-over] Every surgeon is trained to look for problems. To look at a person and say: "What's wrong with you?" We're trained to foresee the ugliest possible outcome. When your job is to make people better, you're automatically inclined to look for the worst in them.

Meredith

I made a promise to Cristina that I wouldn't let you go dark and twisty, that I'd be your person if you needed one.

Owen

I don't want to talk.

Meredith

Okay. You don't have to. But just tell me... Do we hate him?

Owen

We hate him.

Meredith

Okay, then we hate him.

Nathan

Dr. Grey, right?

Meredith

Yep.

Nathan

Yours is easy to remember. It's on all the hospital stationery... What's the story there?

Meredith

That's too long a story to tell.

Nathan

I was actually headed across the street. I was gonna grab a drink or something, are you headed that way, or...? [Meredith is thinking]

Meredith

I'm a friend of Owen Hunt's [Elevator bell dings, and Meredith gets off]

Nathan

I see.

Meredith

So, no.

Meredith

[closing voice-over] It's hard to fight against certain biases. It's important to keep an open mind. It's how we learn. It's how we grow. It's how we move forward. Until we don't. Until we let our bias take over. Until we succumb to what feels right, or good, or satisfying in that moment, because even then, deep down inside, we usually know we're going to regret it.

Meredith

[opening voice-over] They say you fight fire with fire. We do it in medicine all the time. We cut you to repair your injury. We hurt you to heal you. We stoke the flames, but playing with fire is a dangerous thing.

Amelia

Why are you shutting me out of this?

Meredith

Because this does not concern you.

Amelia

But it concerns you?

Meredith

No, it doesn't. I made a promise that I would help him keep his head above water.

Amelia

Promised who?

Meredith

To Cristina. So I am watching him, and I am letting him be, and I am not sticking my nose...

Amelia

What does Cristina have to do with this? You're in some sort of three-way trust circle with Owen and his ex-girlfriend?

Meredith

Ex-wife.

Amelia

God. Meredith, you are the most loyal person I have ever met to everyone except me. You're loyal to some woman halfway across the world...

Meredith

Yes, I am.

Amelia

...when I am right here. Cristina left you. I'm here. I'm your sister.

Meredith

You are not my sister. Cristina is my sister. You are Derek's sister, and Derek is gone.

Dr. Grey, I changed the mediastinal drains...

Amelia

(to Penny, screaming) Get out! (to Meredith) Is this why you hate me? 'Cause I remind you of him? Does it help you to hate me? Asking you not to push me. Am I like her... something you cling to to keep the memory alive? You are such a child. You wrap her around you like some sick widow shawl. The widow Grey. She's okay. She's moving on. She'll never love again, but she's holding it together. That is crap. You've given up. You are crawling into your little hole and dying. You are hollow. And Derek would be sick about it if he could see it. He would be disgusted.

Meredith

I want you out of my house.

Amelia

Done!

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.

Meredith

[closing voice-over] When we strike that match, we like to think we can control the burn. We like to think we have any control at all, but fire is wildly difficult to contain. And just when you think you've extinguished the blaze, it reignites. It sucks in air and burns hotter and brighter than ever.

Meredith

[opening voice-over] In group settings, men are 75% more likely to speak up than women. And when a woman does speak up, it's statistically probable her male counterparts will either interrupt her, or speak over her. It's not because they're rude, it's science. The female voice is scientifically proven to be more difficult for a male brain to register. What does this mean? It means, in this world, where men are bigger, stronger, faster, if you're not ready to fight, the silence will kill you.

Webber

[to Meredith] She [Amelia] came to see you the night after the attack. She was drunk. She was upset because you called her for a consult that day, the day of the attack, and she the choice between coming to you and going to another trauma. She went to the other trauma because she was mad at you. Forgiveness is a powerful thing, Meredith. Not only to make the other person feel good, but to heal you. You need to forgive her, Meredith. Forgive her for not being Derek. For being the wrong Shepherd. Just enough to remind you of what's missing, but not enough to bring him back. That's not her fault. You need to forgive her. You don't have to like her. You don't have to love her. Look, forgive her, okay? So you can forgive Blake for being in that room when a wrong decision caused you your husband. To forgive Derek for dying too soon. To forgive yourself for hating him for dying too soon. Let it go, Meredith, and forgive.

Alex

[to Webber] We're all her family in here

Amelia

That's my 30 day chip. I'm sober and I'm starting back at work on Monday, so I'm trying. I'm trying.

Meredith

I know you are.

Amelia

You can talk! That's great. They took the wires off?

Meredith

Yeah, this morning. I'm just not ready to forgive you yet.

Amelia

I'm not exactly ready either. I'll see you later.

Meredith

See you later.

Meredith

[to Alex] I just spent six weeks in a bed unable to speak. When that you happens, you see things. It's a lot of things that people don't say to each other that they should just say, so I need you to hear me when I say this. I know I've needed you a lot lately, but I also know and I have known for a long time that Jo loves you. Post-it-on-the-wall loves you. Don't ignore that. You can have more than one person. I used to think you couldn't, but now I know, I mean, turns out I have a whole damn village. So, you don't have to worry about me. Go be with Jo. I'll be fine. I'm okay.