[narrating] "Sometimes reality has a way of sneaking up and biting us in the ass. And when the dam bursts, all you can do is swim. The world of pretend is a cage, not a cocoon. We can only lie to ourselves for so long. We are tired, we are scared, and denying it doesn't change the truth. Sooner or later we have to put aside our denial and face the world, head on, guns blazing... Denial. It's not just a river in Egypt. It's a freakin' ocean. So how do you keep from drowning in it?"

MEREDITH

[crying uncontrollably] "Make... make it stop, make it stop... Somebody sedate me!"

CRISTINA

ALEX: "Nice panties, Yang!"
CRISTINA: "In your dreams, Evil Spawn!"

DEREK: "Addison kissed me. Meredith kissed me. My girlfriend and my wife kissed me on the same day."
MIRANDA: "McDreamy, go sit over by someone who cares."

MALE NURSE: "I'm telling your intern on you."
CRISINA: "Meredith?"
MALE NURSE: "Yeah."
CRISTINA: "Ooh, I'm so scared!"

CRISTINA: "Will you get me a latte?"
MOTHER: "A non-fat one?"
CRISTINA: "No, a FAT one!"

GEORGE: "You're officially AWOL, you know."
CRISTINA: "I'm working. I'm trying to figure out what's going on with the crazy woman on four."
GEORGE: "You are the crazy woman on four."
CRISTINA: "I made a break for freedom."

[pointing to her mom] "I... will... kill her!"

CRISTINA

"Derek... have you ever thought that even if I am Satan and an adulterous bitch that I still might be the love of your life?"

ADDISON

DEREK: "You really are Satan, you realize that right? If Satan were to take physical form he'd be you, everywhere. All the time."
ADDISON: "I am not Satan."
DEREK: "How come you haven't gotten on your broomstick and gone back to New York where you belong?"
ADDISON: "Stop being petty."
DEREK: "Stop being an adulterous bitch."
ADDISON: "You know there was a time when you though of me as your best friend."
DEREK: "There was a time that I thought you were the love of my life. Things change."

ADDISON: [interrupts Meredith and Derek kissing] "Well, isn't this cozy? Can I join in, or are you not in to threesomes?"
MEREDITH: "I have to go."

[narrating] "The key to surviving a surgical internship is denial. We deny we're tired, we deny that we're scared, we deny how badly we want to succeed. And most importantly, we deny that we're in denial. We only see what we want to see and believe what we want to believe, and it works. We lie to ourselves so much that after a while the lies start to seem like the truth. We deny so much that we can't recognize the truth... right in front of our faces."

MEREDITH

Grey's Anatomy Season 2 Episode 4 Quotes

ADDISON: [interrupts Meredith and Derek kissing] "Well, isn't this cozy? Can I join in, or are you not in to threesomes?"
MEREDITH: "I have to go."

[narrating] "The key to surviving a surgical internship is denial. We deny we're tired, we deny that we're scared, we deny how badly we want to succeed. And most importantly, we deny that we're in denial. We only see what we want to see and believe what we want to believe, and it works. We lie to ourselves so much that after a while the lies start to seem like the truth. We deny so much that we can't recognize the truth... right in front of our faces."

MEREDITH