Grey's Anatomy (TV Series)
Sweet Surrender (2009)
Ellen Pompeo: Dr. Meredith Grey
Quotes
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Dr. Meredith Grey : [opening voiceover] Defeat isn't an option. Not for surgeons. We don't back away from the table till the last breaths long gone. Terminal's a challenge. Life threatening's what gets us out of bed in the morning. We're not easily intimidated. We don't flinch, we don't back down, and we certainly don't surrender. Not at work anyway.
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Dr. Meredith Grey : [closing voiceover] To do our jobs, we have to believe defeat is not an option. That no matter how sick our patients get, there's hope for them. But even when our hopes give way to reality and we finally have to surrender to the truth, it just means we've lost today's battle, not tomorrow's war. Here's the thing about surrender: once you do it, actually give in, you forget why you were even fighting in the first place.
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Dr. Derek Shepherd : [to Meredith] I didn't think you wanted to wear a wedding dress.
Dr. Meredith Grey : I don't! How does he even know we're engaged?
Dr. Derek Shepherd : Richard's my friend. He's not the one that ordered the dress. If you don't wanna wear a wedding dress, talk to Izzie.
Dr. Meredith Grey : Oh, yeah! As the chemo drips into her cancer-y arm, and she looks at me with those cancer-y eyes, those cancer-y wedding loving eyes...
Dr. Derek Shepherd : Be strong.
Dr. Meredith Grey : We will have bridesmaids in pink taffeta! And you will be wearing a top hat and a morning coat! And somebody will be singing wind beneath my fricking wings!
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Dr. Derek Shepherd : [after Derek chooses Webber to be his best man in the wedding] When are you gonna let go of the grudge you have against the Chief?
Dr. Meredith Grey : Derek, the man had an affair with my mother, broke up my parents' marriage and basically destroyed my childhood. Meanwhile, you've been best friends with Mark for 20 years and you're willing to throw all that away over nothing. So, don't talk to me about holding grudges. I'll get over mine when you get over yours.
