Emily Owens, M.D.

Emily Owens, M.D. Quotes

Season 1 Episode 6: "Emily and...the Question of Faith"

Emily: We make all these plans about how things will turn out, but life happens, plans change, so we adapt. We draw on strength we didn't know we had. We give up any illusions of control, and we deal head-on with problems that come our way.
 • Rating: 4.3 / 5.0

Emily: I planned on being a together person, past all the crap, but I'm not past it. I keep finding myself in the exact same situations and I don't know how to stop it from happening.
Micah: I gave up the illusion of control, when was it? oh yeah. About halfway through my first year as an intern. Doctors can't plan, can we? We just react. The one thing you can control is how to react better. So, we learn from experience right? So next time, just do things differently.
 • Rating: 5.0 / 5.0

Emily: Okay, keep breathing. You are on a mountain leading seven delightful children in song.
 • Rating: Unrated

Will: Stop judging me.
Emily: I'm not judging you. But if I were judging you, I'd be thinking that you should've waited for the results.
Will: But you're not...
Emily: Judging? No.
 • Rating: Unrated

Emily: When I want to escape, I think about Julie Andrews in The Sound of Music, twirling her skirt on top of that mountain.
Patient: Not working.
 • Rating: Unrated

Emily: For the record, I loved vampires before everyone else caught on.
Micah: Is this a point of pride?
Emily: Just a fact I am proud of because it happens to be true.
Micah: So you and Bram Stoker, huh? Pioneers of the genre?
Emily: See, that line really would've worked had you said Polidori. Look it up.
 • Rating: 5.0 / 5.0

Emily: We all have faith in something. God, science, our partner, our self. We need certain things to be true. All our plans depend on it. Because in the absence of that...
 • Rating: Unrated

Emily: We'll just take it slowly. The whole friendship thing.
Cassandra: Sounds good.
 • Rating: Unrated

Cassandra: He's just so freaking sexy.
Emily: [to herself] No, please don't talk about...
Cassandra: You know? I was actually nervous about sleeping with him the first time.
Emily: [to herself] And there it is.
Cassandra: I thought it might be a let down. It's not.
 • Rating: Unrated

Season 1 Episode 5: "Emily and... the Tell Tale Heart"

Emily: The truth is, guilt's not all bad. Sure it makes you do things you might not want to do, but it serves as a moral compass. It keeps us on course...so yeah, maybe guilt keeps us in check. that doesn't mean it's not a huge pain in the ass.
 • Rating: 4.0 / 5.0

Cassandra: [to Emily] First, there's nothing wrong with guilt. I mean, right now I'd like to walk away and leave you here feeling bad because then maybe you'd mess up in the OR or something, but I'd feel bad about that. So instead I'm telling you everyone knows you're a good person. It's incredibly annoying. So clearly, whatever you did, you had good intentions because that's just who you are.
 • Rating: Unrated

Cassandra: You're such a ridiculous person, Pitts. Why is it that I'm being so nice to you if you can't do me one simple favor?
Emily: Cassandra, how is it that you always know just what to say?
 • Rating: Unrated

Will: Well, what do you know, you think you know someone, then you find out she keeps a penis in her locker.
Emily: Seriously, could Albagetti be more immature?
Tyra: I'm no expert but the detail work is stunning.
 • Rating: Unrated

Tyra: You can make nice conversation, right? You're not going to be all dull and 'which movies to do you like' and 'I think Greek yogurt's overrated,' right?
Emily: I can improve on that.
 • Rating: Unrated

Emily: [to Will] What do you mean I have a break-bad-news face?
 • Rating: Unrated

Emily: You told him I'd go out with him?
Tyra: It's not that big of a deal. You don't have to put out or anything. I mean, I'm sure he'd appreciate that, but that's totally up to you.
 • Rating: Unrated

Emily: What's up, Cassandra, why are you being nice?
Cassandra: Oh, fine, I need a favor.
 • Rating: Unrated

Emily: Ignore feelings of guilt.
 • Rating: Unrated

Season 1 Episode 4: "Emily and...the Predator"

Emily: When it's important enough, you speak up. You tell people what you need. You show them who you are. You ask. And you do this knowing there are consequences. There's collateral damage, but you've chosen this. So you can't feel guilty about it. You just can't.
 • Rating: 5.0 / 5.0

Will: Just so you know, high school wasn't the greatest for me either.
Emily: My house was TP'ed once a week.
Will: You win.
 • Rating: Unrated

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