Season 13

“We’re petrified of saying too much or saying it wrong. When the truth is, the only wrong thing you can say is nothing at all.”

— Elisabeth Finch, Dr. Jackson Avery, Jesse Williams, imdb.com

“Scientists still don’t really know why we sleep. We just know we have to sleep, because without it, we make poor decisions, we say things we shouldn’t, and sometimes, we see things that aren’t there.”

— Meg Marinis, Dr. Meredith Grey, Ellen Pompeo, imdb.com

“So, you keep going. You don't give up. You stand tall. You fight. You always show up to save the day.”

— Zoanne Clack, Dr. Meredith Grey, Ellen Pompeo, imdb.com

“We all have heroes. People we look up to. People we aspire to be, who teach us how to be greater than we are because they are greater than we are. They're great if we don't look too closely. 'Cause if we get too close, we realize heroes are just regular people. And regular people can fail us.”

— Zoanne Clack, Dr. Meredith Grey, Ellen Pompeo, imdb.com

“There's a reason doctors prefer to see a patient in person, face to face. It's the laying on of hands. Human touch. That spark of connection. We lay hands on each other so we feel like we're all in this together. We connect with each other. Because if we didn't, we would all feel so, so alone.”

— Tia Napolitano, Dr. Meredith Grey, Ellen Pompeo, imdb.com

“We’ve all hit that point of exhaustion. The point where nothing makes sense anymore. Your body hurts, your brain becomes foggy, and you feel like you’re trapped in a tunnel. When all you want is your bed. So, how do you keep going? How do you not just sit down and give up? Sometimes it’s easy. Somet…”

— Meg Marinis, Dr. Meredith Grey, Ellen Pompeo, imdb.com

“The harder the hit, the more it'll sting. That's usually the case. So we prescribe meds, ice, compression, elevation. Things you do to stop the immediate pain. But you can only dull the pain for so long, and when the drugs start to wear off, it really hurts.”

— Jen Klein, Dr. Meredith Grey, Ellen Pompeo, imdb.com

“Don't you wish you could just take it back? That thing you said? That thing you did? There's no undo button. There's only hoping we can learn. We can change, right? We can do better. We can't take back what we've done. We can't undo the past, cause the future keeps coming at us.”

— William Harper, Dr. Meredith Grey, Ellen Pompeo, imdb.com

“If it ain't broke, don't fix it. The saying's as true of the human body as it is of a washing machine or a blender. A good surgeon knows that if you go screwing around with something that doesn't need screwing, you are the one who is liable to end up screwed.”

— Austin Guzman, Dr. Meredith Grey, Ellen Pompeo, imdb.com