Season

Season 3

by Katherine Heigl, T.R. Knight, Isaiah Washington, Kate Walsh, Sandra Oh and 25 others

The third season of the American television medical drama Grey's Anatomy, commenced airing on the American Broadcasting Company on September 21, 2006, and concluded on May 17, 2007. The season was produced by Touchstone Television, in association with Sho

(7 total)

Characters

Dr. Meredith Grey (7)Ellen Pompeo (7)Debora Cahn (2)Eric Buchman (2)Stacy McKee (1)Mark Wilding (1)Shonda Rhimes (1)

“Not all wounds are superficial. Most wounds run deeper than we can imagine. You can’t see them with the naked eye. And then, there are the wounds that take us by surprise. The trick with any kind of wound or disease, is to dig down and find the real source of the injury. And once you’ve found it…try…”

— Mark Wilding, Dr. Meredith Grey, Ellen Pompeo, imdb.com

Tagged: wounds, Superficial Wouinds, Naked Eye

“Some people believe that without history, our lives amount to nothing. At some point, we all have to choose. Do we fall back on what we know? Or, do we step forward, to something new? It’s hard not to be haunted by our past. Our history is what shapes us, what guides us. Our history resurfaces. Time…”

— Stacy McKee, Dr. Meredith Grey, Ellen Pompeo, imdb.com

Tagged: History, Past, Recurrence

“We all think we’re going to be great. And we feel a little bit robbed when our expectations aren’t met. But, sometimes, our expectations sell us short. Sometimes, the expected simply pales in comparison to the unexpected. You gotta wonder why we cling to our expectations. Because the expected is jus…”

— Eric Buchman, Dr. Meredith Grey, Ellen Pompeo, imdb.com

Tagged: Robbed, Expectations, optimisms, unexpected

“You got to wonder why we cling to our expectations, because the expected is just what keeps us steady. The expected's just the beginning, the unexpected is what changes our lives.”

— Eric Buchman, Dr. Meredith Grey, Ellen Pompeo, imdb.com

Tagged: Standing Still, Unexpected Things

“Time waits for no man. Time heals all wounds. All any of us wants is more time. Time to stand up. Time to grow up. Time to let go. Time.”

— Shonda Rhimes, Dr. Meredith Grey, Ellen Pompeo, imdb.com

“The reality is that pain is there to tell us something, and there's only so much pleasure we can take without getting a stomach ache. And maybe that's okay. Maybe some fantasies are only supposed to live in our dreams.”

— Debora Cahn, Dr. Meredith Grey, Ellen Pompeo, imdb.com

Tagged: No Good Without The Bad, Part and Parcel, Meaning in Our Suffering

“People have scars in all sorts of unexpected places. Like secret road maps of their personal histories, diagrams of all of their old wounds. Most of our old wounds heal, leaving nothing behind but a scar. But some of them, don’t. Some wounds, we carry with us everywhere… and though the cut is long g…”

— Debora Cahn, Dr. Meredith Grey, Ellen Pompeo, imdb.com

Tagged: Scars, wounds, emotional pain, Heartache, Healing