104. No Man's Land - Quotes

Meredith: Intimacy is a four-syllable word for, "Here are my heart and soul. Please grind them into hamburger and enjoy." It's both desired and feared, difficult to live with...and impossible to live without. Intimacy also comes attached to life's three R's: Relatives, romance and roommates. There are some things you can't escape. And other things you just don't want to know.
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Alex: Morning, Dr. Model.
Izzie: Dr. Evil Spawn.
Alex: Ooh, nice tat. They airbrush that out for that catalogs?
Izzie: I don't know. What do they do for the 666 on your skull?
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Derek: You a cereal person? Straight out of the box? Or all fruit and fiber-y? (He laughs) Pancakes? Do you like pancakes?
Meredith: Fine, leftover grilled cheese. Curiosity satisfied?
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Derek: I'm just an attending getting to know one of his interns.
Meredith: He slept with the intern
Derek: Barely knew her.
Meredith: And it should stay that way.
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George: There need to be some rules.
Meredith: So, what, we can walk around in our underwear on alternate Tuesdays, or you could see bras but not panties? Or are you talking Amish rules? Because if you think you're gonna get Izzie to cover herself...
George: The amount of flesh exposed is not the point. You have to do something. It's your house.
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Alex: So, uh, Grey and Stevens really walk around in their underwear?
George: Not all the time. I mean, some of the time, you know. But not all the time.
Alex: Sexy underwear?
George: Yeah, I mean...
Alex: And they just, uh, let you look at them?
George: Well, uh…yeah.
Alex: Like sisters.
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Jorge: She had this thing for red when we met. Red car, red dresses, red hats. Personally, I hated the color. Too obvious, you know? But a couple years ago, I took her up to the mountains. She was in a red dress, and there was this field of red…poppies, I think. And she jumped out of the car and ran into them and started laughing…laughing at all the red.
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Dr. Bailey: An ass who deals in Asses. We call him "Limp Harry." He never spares the nerves.
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Izzie: Hey. Here. My share of the grocery money. When are you going?
George: Tonight.
Izzie: Ok, seriously, George. Please don't...
George: Yeah, could we not talk about it here?
Izzie: What, tampons?
George: Did you not hear a word I said?
Izzie: You're a man. We know.
Alex: Talk about shrinking the salamander.
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Izzie: I reminded you before you went.
George: I forgot when I got there.
Izzie: No, no. You were so passive-aggressive.
George: Naked. I am naked in the shower.
Izzie: They're just tampons, George. I really needed tampons. God! [to Meredith]I'm not riding in the same car with him.
Meredith: Unless you're going like that, you're not riding with me. Where are the tampons?
Izzie: He didn't buy them.
Meredith: You didn't buy them?
George: Men don't buy tampons.
Izzie: You know what. You are gonna have to get over the man thing, George. We're women! We have vaginas! Get used to it.
George: I am not your sister.
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Liz: You don't wake a patient like that. What do I have to do to get through to you?
Cristina: Cut me some slack. I was on call last night. I didn't get much sleep.
Liz: Oh, stop whining. You'd rather be here, and you know it. What you got waiting for you at home? Boyfriend?
Cristina: Nope.
Liz: A girlfriend?
Cristina: Nope.
Liz: A pet? Family?
Cristina: A bed.
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Izzie: You want to see it? You really want to see it? Fine. Let's look at that tattoo up close and personal, shall we? And what are these? Oh, my God! Breasts! How does anybody practice medicine hauling these things around? And what do we got back here? Let's see if I remember my anatomy. Glutes, right? Let's study them, shall we? Gather around and check out the booty that put Izzie Stevens through med school. Have you had enough or should I continue? Because I have a few more very interesting tattoos. [to Alex] You want to call me Dr. Model? That's fine. Just remember that while you're sitting on 200 grand of student loans, I'm out of debt.
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Izzie: This is who I was. It has nothing to do with who I am now. I'm a physician, a surgeon. And I am just as qualified as any other intern on this floor. So, you're just gonna have to get over you chauvinist crap and allow me to do my job.
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Cristina: Did you check her liver panel?
Dr. Burke: They're not good.
Cristina: No, they suck. She's choking on bile. She's jaundiced.
Dr. Burke: A very sick woman.
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Liz: What's her diagnosis?
Meredith: Alzheimer's, early onset.
Liz: And she doesn't want anyone to know.
Meredith: No. She's in a nursing home and I'm the only person she'll allow to see her.
Liz: But if I know Ellis Grey, she made the nursing home sign a contract to that effect.
Meredith: You know my mother well.
Liz: What a bitch.
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Cristina: Liz Fallon. They brought her here to die.
Izzie: Wouldn't you want them to do the same thing for you?
Cristina: No! You know what, I'd want the doctors to do everything they could. I'd want them to cut me open until the minute I die.
Meredith: Sometimes doing everything can be worse than doing nothing.
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Cristina [to Izzie]: You are eight feet tall. Your boobs are perfect. Your hair is down to there. If I were you I'd walk around naked all the time. I wouldn't…I wouldn't have a job. I wouldn't have skills. I wouldn't even know how to read. I'd just be…naked.
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Cristina [to Izzie]: You know what, any patient who spanks to his doctor's pictures forfeits his rights. You're seriously not gonna give up the prostatectomy, are you? Izzie? Oh forget it. You know, sometimes it is actually, you know, painful to be around you.
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Izzie: You said, "I am not your sister." Do you feel like I was emasculating you?
George: No. No. I'm too masculine to be emasculated.
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Dr. Bailey: Dr. Victor, I'm sorry, these are viable nerves. We should try and save them.
Dr. Victor: It'll take at least an hour longer, and we might not get it all.
Dr. Bailey: But his prognosis with chemo is nearly as good. And frankly, if you're worried about missing your tee time, I'd be more than happy to finish. Dr. Stevens.
Dr. Victor: Can we help you?
Izzie: I'm sorry, Dr. Bailey. Dr. Victor, I agree with her. You just can't, you have to save the nerves.
Dr. Victor: What?
Izzie: The nerves, you have to save them.
Dr. Bailey: Dr. Stevens, I can handle this.
Izzie: You told me the most important thing is giving the patient what they want. What Humphrey wants is his erection.
Dr. Victor: She's yours. You get her out.
Dr. Bailey: Can't do that sir. You know how these young puppies are.
Dr. Victor: I'm going to tell Richard about both of you.
Dr. Bailey: You do that. In the meantime, let's pretend it's you on this table and give this a try.
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Dr. Bailey [to Izzie]: Of course, now you know every time he gets a rise, he'll be thinking of you.
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Meredith: I wish there were a rulebook for intimacy. Some kind of a guide that could tell you when you've crossed the line. And I don't know how you fit it on a map. You take it where you can get it... and keep it as long as you can. And as for rules Maybe there are none. Maybe the rules of intimacy are something you have to define for yourself.