House Season 5 Episode 20: "Simple Explanation" Quotes
This has never been about what you missed. This has been about why you missed it.
Wilson
House: They were ready do die... but for guilt, not love.
Taub: You can't feel that much guilt without love.
Thirteen: How many times have you lied to the transplant committee?
House: Just twice.
Thirteen: How many times has it worked?
House: I... don't quite see how that's relevant.
House: You run the echo on the husband?
Taub: Heart's still failing. The improvement was only temporary.
House: I prefer the less subtle answer. "You were right, House."
Dr. Wilson: For the record, I'm uncomfortable violating a dead colleague's dignity.
House: It's only violating it if you find something.
Dr. Cuddy: It's okay. You should be upset. He thought like you. Pushed boundaries like you. He...
House: If he thought like me, he would have known that living in misery sucks marginally less than dying in it.
House: Did you let me hire a pervert?
Dr. Cuddy: Well, it would be hypocritical of me not to.
Dr. Cuddy: I'm sorry for your loss.
House: Thanks, but it isn't my loss.
Dr. Cuddy: Then I'm sorry you don't think it is.
I'm sorry. I've hired a grief counselor, whom I'm sure none of you will see. And I'm offering time off, which I'm sure none of you will take, but just know it's available.
Dr. Cuddy
Dr. Foreman: His parents were shot right in front of him.
House: Parents are ancient history.
Dr. Foreman: Not to someone who actually cares.
Thirteen: She claims he got stronger as soon as she stopped breathing.
Taub: The mind can heal the body. Seeing his wife in distress might actually have slowed down his death.
House: Or he just had an adrenaline surge when he saw his chance to hit the singles' market.
