Grey's Anatomy

“If you love someone, you tell them. Even if you're scared that it's not the right thing. Even if you're scared that it'll cause problems. Even if you're scared that it will burn your life to the ground, you say it, and you say it loud and you go from there.”

— Mark, amazon.com

“I lied, I’m not out of this relationship. I’m in. I’m so in it’s humiliating because here I am begging…Okay here it is. Your choice, it’s simple: her or me and I’m sure she’s really great, but Derek I love you in a really, really big way. Pretend to like your taste in music, let you eat the last pie…”

— Meredith Grey, amazon.com

“We're friends, real friends. And that means, no matter how long it takes, when you finally do decide to look back, I'll still be here.”

— Meredith Grey, amazon.com

“I’m a human being. I make mistakes, I’m flawed, we all are.”

— Derek Shepherd, amazon.com

“The body is a slave to its impulses. But the thing that makes us human is what we can’t control. After the storm, after the rush, after the heat of the moment has passed, we can cool off and clean up the messes we made. We can try to let go of what was.”

— Meredith Grey, amazon.com

“You want to know what happened to me? You. You happened to me.”

— Meredith Grey, amazon.com

“I think it’s important to take the time to tell the people you love how much you love them while they can hear you.”

— Meredith Grey, amazon.com

“There comes a point where it all becomes too much. When we get too tired to fight anymore. So we give up. That’s when the real work begins.”

— Cristina Yang, amazon.com

“I can’t lose you, I won’t survive and that’s your fault. You made me love you, you made me let you in.’”

— Alex Karev, amazon.com

“But if you lose your love, if you think you’re losing your love, then suddenly nothing else matters.”

— Izzie Stevens, amazon.com

“You deserve to be with somebody who makes you happy. Somebody who’s not gonna complicate your life. Somebody who won’t hurt you.”

— Derek Shepherd, amazon.com

“That’s where love exists, in delusional fantasies.”

— Meredith Grey, amazon.com

“No one’s ever believed in me like this. You believe in me more than I do and I need that. I’m gonna die here without that.”

— Cristina Yang, amazon.com

“Maybe we like the pain. Maybe we're wired that way. Because without it, I don't know; maybe we just wouldn't feel real. What's that saying? Why do I keep hitting myself with a hammer? Because it feels so good when I stop.”

— Meredith Grey, amazon.com

“A couple of hundred years ago, Benjamin Franklin shared with the world the secret of his success. Never leave that till tomorrow, he said, which you can do today. This is the man who discovered electricity. You think more people would listen to what he had to say. I don't know why we put things off,…”

— Meredith Grey, amazon.com

“At the end of the day faith is a funny thing. It turns up when you don't really expect it. Its like one day you realize that the fairy tale may be slightly different than you dreamed. The castle, well, it may not be a castle. And its not so important happy ever after, just that its happy right now.…”

— Meredith Grey, amazon.com

“You know how when you were a little kid and you believed in fairy tales, that fantasy of what your life would be, white dress, prince charming who would carry you away to a castle on a hill. You would lie in bed at night and close your eyes and you had complete and utter faith. Santa Claus, the Toot…”

— Meredith Grey, amazon.com

“I can't think of a single reason why I should be a surgeon, but I can think of a thousand reasons why I should quit. They make it hard on purpose... there are lives in our hands. There comes a moment when it's more than just a game, and you either take that step forward or turn around and walk away.…”

— Meredith Grey, amazon.com

“You can build a house out of anything. Make it as strong as you want. But a home, a home is more fragile than that. A home is made of the people you fill it with. And people can be broken, sure, but any surgeon knows, what's broken can be mended. What's hurt can be healed. That no matter how dark it…”

— Meredith Grey, amazon.com

“We lose those battles as often as we succeed. The key, though, win or lose, is to never fail. And the only way to fail is not to fight. So fight until you can't fight anymore. Never let go. Never give up. Never run. Never surrender. Fight the good fight, you fight even when it seems inevitable you'r…”

— Amelia Shepherd, amazon.com