Quotes from Grey’s
“When life breaks down, when we break down, there’s no science. No hard & fast rules. We just have to feel our way through”
“Yes. Horrible things do happen. Happiness in the face of all that, that’s not the goal. Feeling the horrible and knowing that you’re not gonna’ die from those feelings. That’s the point.”
“Don’t wonder why people go crazy. Wonder why they don’t. In the face of what we can lose in a day, in an instant, wonder what the hell it is that makes us hold it together.”
“There comes a point in your life, when you’re officially an adult. Suddenly you’re old enough to vote, drink, and engage in adult activities. Suddenly people expect you to be responsible, serious, a grown-up. We get taller, we get older. But do we ever really grow up?”
“Some wars result in complete and total victory. Some wars end with a peace offering. And some wars end in hope… But all these wars are nothing compared to the most frightening war of all. The one you have yet to fight…”
“There comes a moment when it’s more then 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.”
“Patients see us as Gods or they see us as monsters. But the fact is, we’re just people. We screw up, we lose our way. Even the best of us, have our off days. Still we move forward. We don’t rest on all the rules or celebrate the lives we’ve saved in the past. Because there’s always some other patient that needs our help. So we force ourselves to keep trying, to keep learning. In the hope that, maybe someday we’ll just come a little bit closer to the Gods our patients need us to be.”
