Thirteen quotes from House

Why are you lying about rehab?

Thirteen

Because the real reason I was gone is not something I want to share.

Couldn't you just say that? Should be enough for Foreman and the others.

Thirteen

How long have you worked here? House's people have personalities that range from nosy to, "pardon me while I do this cavity search."

Taub

Sure, some people will screw up anything, but some won't. That kind of cash, he has a chance to turn a miserable life around.

House

Miserable stays miserable. Happy doesn't buy lottery tickets in the first place.

Thirteen

Our level of happiness is set. It's in our DNA. No cash payout's gonna change that.

House

It's like there's two of me.

House

Down on the patient's romance because your own lifespan is shorter than dinner and a movie?

Thirteen

You're the one who said miserable stays miserable.

House

You keep saying it. Several times a day.

Thirteen

I love being back, having every theory you and I share used as proof of my own personal damage.

House

It'll end horribly.

Thirteen

Not for him. She may take all his money, and he may be a naive idiot but he'll always be hopeful, so he'll always be happy.

House

You lost your mother. You euthanized your brother. You got the life expectancy of a pretty good sitcom. If you can convince yourself that you'd be miserable no matter what, even without all that stuff, then maybe you don't have to hate the universe, for dumping a giant turd on you. Fatalism is your survival mechanism.

Thirteen

And you? Dumped by everyone you've ever loved. Rehab was a bust. Your leg feels like someone took a giant bite out of it. We are who we are. Lotteries are stupid.

Thirteen

Karma's a bitch.

Foreman

You think her seizures are the result of bad karma?

Thirteen

I think if you spend your days designing ever more effective ways to blow people up, stuff's bound to come back to you.

Chase

You killed your own brother?

Thirteen

Yes. It was awful and devastating, but it wasn't murder. He was sick and he wanted to die, and I promised I would help. Now please stop pacing and help me find this thing.

Chase

Have you talked to anybody about it? I mean, are you okay?

Thirteen

No, I may have an aortic arch aneurysm. Oh, wait, that's her. Either help me or leave.

House

I'm not joking. You're fired. Don't come in tomorrow.

House...

House

I can work with people who've got nowhere else to go. People who've got something to prove. People who just get off on weird cases. but I can't work with someone who is here so she doesn't have to feel bad.

Thirteen

You're trying to save me.

House

Yes. I think that little of you and that much of me.