I'm her mother, but I'm not her mom. I wanted better for her t...

[shows teen patient a picture of her daughter] "I'm her mother, but I'm not her mom. I wanted better for her than I could do at 16. Look... you're reading her Shakespeare. When you're working 12 hours at the diner, like our moms, you won't be coming home and reading her Shakespeare."

IZZIE

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Character:
Izzie Stevens
Episode:
Grey's Anatomy Season 2 Episode 15: "Break on Through"
Show:
Grey's Anatomy
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Grey's Anatomy Season 2 Episode 15 Quotes

[narrating] "In general, lines are there for a reason. For security, for clarity. If you choose to cross the line, you pretty much do so at your own risk. So why is it that the bigger the line, the greater the temptation to cross it? We cant help ourselves. When we see a line we want to cross it. Maybe it’s the thrill of the unfamiliar, a sort of personal dare. The only problem is once that you’ve crossed, it’s almost impossible to go back. But, if you do manage to make it back across the line, you find safety in numbers."

MEREDITH

GEORGE: "What happened today?"
IZZIE: "Nothing."
MEREDITH: "Nothing."
GEORGE: "Okay then."
IZZIE: "We don’t know everything about each other, George."
MEREDITH: "Yeah."
GEORGE: [pause] "True. Anybody wanna have sex?"

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