[to Goran] I am sickened by you and also totally turned on.

Maggie

Goran: Why do you keep staring at me like that?
Maggie: Because I can't decide if you're insane or a genius.

Charlie: When people, patients, die here at Hope Zion, they stick around for a little while.
Boy: So you're a dead guy?
Charlie: No, no I'm in a coma. Kind of a special case I guess.

Charlie's ex wife: I see you doing all this nursemaid stuff for him, but what are you doing for him as his wife.
Alex: I'm his fiancee.

This is what I love about you, Alex. You face things. You walk towards trouble. You look it right in the eye. And when you have to, you fight.

Charlie

As surgeons we deal in absolutes. In certainty. We make a choice, we believe it's right. We can't second guess ourselves. At least, that's what I used to think.

Charlie

Joel: I came in here because I was trying to be nice to you.
Alex: Well don't be nice. Because you're a lot of things, Joel, but you're not nice.

When things go bad, we say 'We did all we could.' And then there's nothing more to say. You're alone.

Charlie

What if we did get to know our patients? What makes them happy? Or sad? Would it help us? Would it help them?

Charlie

Most patients don't understand how physical surgery is. The body is tough. You've got to crack a few bones and drill a few holes. Really get in there. And it works. Most of the time.

Charlie

Ghost: Charles, I gotta be honest with you, I don't think I'm coping all that well with things. You know, maybe I should find this more intriguing being able to see everything. It beats the void, you know, the nothingness. But uh, I mean, without you, I'm lonely.
Charlie: Yep, I'm getting there.

Ghost: What's going on?
Charlie: I'm in a coma.
Ghost: Am I in a coma?
Charlie: No, you died. We did everything we could. Sorry about that.

Saving Hope Quotes

Joel: It's gonna be weird, isn't it? I mean you and me. You didn't invite me to the wedding so presumably you're still in love with me.
Alex: Right. I totally forgot. I like to remember the poems you wrote me, the breakfast in bed, the nurses you were banging.
Joel: Okay, we can stop right there.

This is how it happens. You leave it all behind. Everything you love. Everything you know. You belong to the hospital now. And all you can do is hope.

Charlie