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14 Of The Most Iconic Moments In Grey's Anatomy

If you love someone, you tell them. Even if you're scared that it's not the right thing.
Kirsten Corley
December 8, 2016
“You're letting her think you're emotionally available. You're letting her think she has a chance. And there is nothing worse in the world than thinking you have a chance when you really don't.”
— Dr. Meredith Grey, Grey's Anatomy, Season 2: Enough is Enough
Tagged: False Hope, Chance, Leading On, emotionally available
“You didn't love her! You just didn't want to be alone. Or maybe, maybe she was good for your ego. Or, or maybe she made you feel better about your miserable life, but you didn't love her, because you don't destroy the person that you love!”
— Dr. Callie Torres, Grey's Anatomy, Grey's Anatomy Season 4: The Heart of the Matter
Tagged: Love, Hurting Somone, Fake Love, Illusions of Love
“Okay, here it is, your choice...it's simple, her or me, and I'm sure she is really great. But Derek, I love you, in a really, really big 'pretend to like your taste in music, let you eat the last piece of cheesecake, hold a radio over my head outside your window', unfortunate way that makes me hate you, love you. So pick me, choose me, love me.”
— Dr. Meredith Grey, Grey's Anatomy, Season 2: Bring the Pain
Tagged: Pick Me, Choose Me, Love Me, Choices, Ultimatums, Love
“If you want crappy things to stop happening to you, stop accepting crap and demand something more.”
— Dr. Cristina Yang, Grey's Anatomy, Grey's Anatomy Season 4: Grey's Anatomy
Tagged: Self-Esteem, Assertiveness, Crappy, Bad Luck
“Don't let what he wants eclipse what you need. He's very dreamy but he's not the sun, you are.”
— Dr. Cristina Yang, Grey's Anatomy, Season 10: Fear
Tagged: Wants, Needs, Sun, Eclipse, Power
“The first time I kissed my wife, she wasn't my wife then, she was just this girl in a bar. But when we kissed, it was like, I gotta tell you, it was like I'd never kissed any other woman before. It was like my first kiss. The right kiss.”
— Dr. Derek Shepherd, Grey's Anatomy, Season 11: How to Save a Life
Tagged: first kiss, Kissing, romance
“Did you say it? 'I love you.' 'I don't ever want to live without you.' 'You changed my life.' Did you say it? Make a plan. Set a goal. Work toward it, but every now and then look around; Drink it in 'cause this is it. It might all be gone tomorrow.”
— Meredith Grey, Grey's Anatomy
Tagged: Grey's Anatomy, Greys quotes
“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.”
— Dr. Mark Sloan, Grey's Anatomy
Tagged: Grey's Anatomy, Greys quotes
“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. I could quit but here's the thing, I love the playing field.”
— Meredith Grey, Grey's Anatomy
Tagged: Greys quotes, Grey's Anatomy, Grey's Quotes
“You want to know what happened to me? You. You happened to me.”
— Meredith Grey, Grey's Anatomy
“She's my person. If I murdered someone, she's the person I'd call to help me drag the corpse across the living room floor. She's my person.”
— Cristina Yang, Grey's Anatomy
Tagged: Best Friends, Friends, My Person
“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, Grey's Anatomy
Tagged: Best Friends, Friends, Friendship
“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 piece of cheesecake, hold a radio above my head outside your window, unfortunate way that makes me hate you, love you. So pick me, choose me, love me.”
— Meredith Grey, Grey's Anatomy
Tagged: Declarations Of Love, Relationship, Dating, Couples, Television, Pick Me, Choose Me, Love Me
“I don't have to say a word. She just looks at me and sees who I am and how I feel and accepts it. She doesn't try to change it or wants to change it. That person. There are a billion people but I imagine there's only one of her.”
— Owen Hunt, Grey's Anatomy, Grey's Anatomy Season 4: Freedom
Tagged: My Person, Love, Relationships, Fear of losing someone