Dr. Hahn... shut up!

Meredith

A person can only rise so high. Now I'm rising above, but there's a ceiling and I'm about to hit it.

Miranda

[narrating] Some days ... the whole world seems upside down. And then somehow, and probably, and when you least expect it, the world rights itself again.

Meredith

Cristina: Hey, I brought supplies. (Lexie walks in behind her and Meredith looks confused and shakes her head) ... She's got no one.
Meredith: I'm drinking. Are you drinking, Lexie?
Lexie: Yeah, a drink would be good.

Dr. Hahn: This is gonna sound bizzare. I realize at this point that this is gonna sound bizzare, but any chance you people wanna get a drink with me?
Sloan: Why would we wanna do that?
Callie: She's saying she needs a friend.
Sloan: Okay, fine. Let's drink.

Christina: You did a good job today. That was not easy. What you did was not easy, it was brave.
Lexie: We killed him. The hospital, Sloan, us... we were not prepared.
Christina: Yeah... yeah, that happens sometimes.
Lexie: That's... do you have any idea how backwards that is?
Christina: We help more than we hurt.
Lexie: I have no one.

Derek: Meredith?
Meredith: Don't say anything. I'm gonna leave and you can say something tomorrow. That's progress, right?

I don't want you to date other people. It may not be enough for you, but I'm trying here so I don't want you to date anybody but me. That's it. Except, I'm scared as hell to want you, but here I am, wanting you anyway. And fear means I have something to lose, right? And I don't want to lose you.

Meredith

But now the day is over. And I’m done. What you did, pulling me off Hahn’s surgery, was an abuse of power. You know, you needed help, okay. But you used me because of the color of my skin? I mean, you compromised the quality of my education, because of my color. I resent it.

Cristina

Well, Dr. Bailey did save your life today. A black woman saved your life, at a great personal cost. So maybe next time you're looking at your tattoo and you're thinking how much better all these white guys are better than everyone else. You might wanna think about that. Cause between you and me, if I had been alone in that O.R., you would probably be dead right now. And since we are sharing belief systems, I believe that if you were dead, the world would be a better place.

George

It's good to be scared. It means you still have something to lose.

Richard

Miranda: "You tell him that if he's thinking about leaving right now, he might find himself hurt and wounded and needing an operation, and he may not get a surgeon who is as married to her vows as I am."
George: "Can't I just do some charts?"

Grey's Anatomy Season 4 Quotes

I tell you that I love you, and not one word? For 17 days? Where have you been?

Izzie

[narrating] In the practice of medicine, change is inevitable. New surgical techniques are created, procedures are updated, levels of expertise increase. Innovation is everything, nothing remains the same for long. We either adapt to change, or ... we get left behind.

Meredith