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Derek: This is a good day to save lives. Let's have some fun.*

Meredith: [Voice Over] Surgeons are control freaks. With a scalpel in your hand, you feel unstoppable. There's no fear, there's no pain. You're ten-feet tall and bulletproof. And then you leave the OR. And all that perfection, all that beautiful control, just falls to crap.

Meredith: [Voice Over] As surgeons, there are so many things we have to know. We have to know we have what it takes. We have to know how to take care of our patients... and how to take care of each other. Eventually, we even have to figure out how to take care of ourselves. As surgeons we have to be in the know. But as human beings, sometimes it's better to stay in the dark, because in the dark there may be fear, but there's also hope.*

Burke: The only person that can keep a promise so big is God, and I haven't seen him pick up a scalpel lately.*

Webber:  Just shut up and count backwards already.*

Derek: [to a patient and rapist whose victim bit off his penis] I have good new and bad news. The good news is that we managed to stop the bleeding. The bad news is that we gave your penis to the cops.*

Webber: I appreciate your candor, Preston.
Burke: I can take whatever you threw at Shepard. I don’t need any special treatment here.
Webber: And your not gonna get any. You’re not married. You’re not hiding. You came to me. You clearly value your relationship. [glances at Cristina standing outside the office and looking in] What you two have together.  I understand that, Preston. And it does matter.

Meredith: [Voice Over] No-one likes to lose control, but as a surgeon there's nothing worse. It's a sign of weakness, of not being up to the task. And still there are times when it just gets away from you. When the world stops spinning and you realize that your shiny little scalpel isn't gonna save you. No matter how hard you fight it, you fall. And it's scary as hell. Except there's an upside to freefalling. It's the chance you give your friends to catch you.*

Meredith: [Voice Over] Sometimes reality has a way of sneaking up and biting us in the ass. And when the dam bursts, all you can do is swim. The world of pretend is a cage, not a cocoon. We can only lie to ourselves for so long. We are tired, we are scared, denying it doesn't change the truth. Sooner or later we have to put aside our denial and face the world. Head on, guns blazing. De Nile. It's not just a river in Egypt, it's a freakin' ocean. So how do you keep from drowning in it?*

Meredith: [Voice Over]  They say practice makes perfect. Theory is, the more you think like a surgeon, the more you become one. Better you get at remaining neutral, clinical. Cut, suture, close. And the harder it becomes to turn it off. To stop thinking like a surgeon and remember what it means to think like a human being.*

Meredith: [about her new roommates] I can't stand them.
Cristina: Why? What do they do?
Meredith: Do? They do everything! They act cute, and watch movies together, and talk, and laugh, and share food, and... breathe...
Cristina:  Get rid of them.*

Bailey: [to Cristina] An intern was reassigned so he's mine now. Have him shadow you for the day, show him how I do things.
Alex: Alex Karev, nice to meet you.
Cristina: The pig who called Meredith a nurse. I hate you on principle.
Alex: And you're the pushy, overbearing kiss ass. I hate you too.
Cristina: Oh, this should be fun then.*

Cristina: [to Meredith] Burke wants to have a relationship... Boys are stupid.*

Meredith & Cristina are jogging in the park. Cristina is obviously tired. She stops, leans forward, clutches her knees and tries to catch her breath. Meredith jogs next to her and jogs in place. Christina glances at her then starts jogging.
Cristina: Oh you’re stupid. Oh God. You’re stupid, evil, sadist and I wanna kill you. 
Meredith: Endorphins are good. Endorphins are mood elevators. This is supposed to make us feel better.
Cristina: Oh god. Do you feel better?
Cristina stops jogging again and tries to catch her breath. Meredith jogs around her in circles.
Meredith: I’m stupid?
Cristina: Slutty mistress.
Meredith: Pregnant whore.
Cristina: Sleeping with our bosses was a great idea.
Meredith stops and tries to catch her breath along with Christina.
Meredith: You know what’s ruined for me?
Cristina: Huh?
Meredith: Ferryboats. I used to love ferryboats and Derek’s got a thing for ferryboats. Now every time I see a frigging ferryboat—
Cristina: You know what’s ruined for me? Coronary artery bypass grafts and aortic aneurysms. God I used to love aortic aneurysms.
They drop to the ground and stretch out and look up at the sky.
Meredith: Have you cried yet?
Cristina: Hello?
Meredith smiles.
Cristina: Do you think we’ll feel better if we cry? You know like just let it out?
Meredith: Probably. Yeah.
Cristina: [obviously uncertain about how to proceed] Do you wanna cry now?
Meredith: No.
Cristina: [relieved] Okay, lets, lets jog.

Meredith: To be a good surgeon, you have to think like a surgeon. Emotions are messy. Tuck them neatly away and step into a clean, sterile room where the procedure is simple. Cut, suture, close. But sometimes you're faced to a cut that won't heal. A cut that rips its stitches wide open.*

Alex: Morning, Dr. Model.
Izzie: Dr. Evil Spawn.
Alex: [he sees a tattoo on her lower stomach] Ooooh, nice tat. Do they airbrush that out for the catalogs?
Izzie: I don't know. What do they do for the 666 on your skull?*

Alex: So, Grey and Stevens really walk around in their underwear?
George: Um... Not all the time. I mean, some of the time. But not all the time.
Alex: Sexy underwear?
George: Yeah...
Alex: And they just let you look at them?
George: Well, uh... yeah.
Alex: Like sisters?
George: No! Not like sisters. Uh... no! I don't think of them like sisters.
Alex: But they're no coming on to you?
George: Not exactly.
Alex: They don't expect you to do anything.
George: No, but...
Alex: Like sisters. Just like sisters.*

George: [to Alex just before he punches him out] You gave me syph!*

George: Do you remember when he wallpapered the hospital with pictures of you in your underwear?
Izzie: Yeah. Yeah, I do.
Alex: It was before I knew you.*

Nicole: I’m not a kid. I’m eighteen. And … and I don’t have to stay down here with you. I could go back to my room. 
Alex: So go.
Nicole: Izzie’s right. You’re an ass.
Alex: And I’m not an ass. Yeah okay I am an ass. But I’m a cute ass, right?
Nicole: How come you didn’t kiss her?
Alex: I thought you were leaving.
Nicole: If I had a chance to kiss someone I liked, I wouldn’t hesitate.
Alex: If I had the chance to lose the urine bag around my ankle I wouldn’t hesitate either. Then again I don’t let my mommy do all my talking for me.
Nicole: I don’t like you.
Alex: Yes you do.
Nicole: Jerk.
Alex: Motor mouth.
Nicole: Babysitter.
Alex: Two-wheeler.
Nicole: [smiles] Now that’s just politically incorrect.
Alex smiles at her

Alex: [to Nicole after she asks him to kiss her] For a kiss to be really good, you want it to mean something. You want it to be with someone you can't get out of your head, so that when your lips finally touch you feel it everywhere. A kiss so hot and so deep you never want to come up for air. You can't cheat your first kiss. Trust me, you don't want to. Cause when you find that right person for a first kiss, it's everything.*

Izzie: You kissed me.
Alex: Yes, I did.
Izzie: Should we?... I mean, there's a discussion that we could have... if you wanted to have one?
Alex: Izzie, I kissed you, with tongue, and I plan to do it again and again - get used to it. End of discussion.
Izzie: Ok.*

Meredith: [Voice Over] At the end of the day, there are some things you just can't help but talk about. Some things we just don't want to hear, and some things we say because we can't be silent any longer. Some things are more than what you say, they're what you do. Some things you say cause there's no other choice. Some things you keep to yourself. And not too often, but every now and then, some things simply speak for themselves.*

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