Who’s in for a glorious mix of intense medical drama, emotional storytelling, original characters, and moments of humor to die for? Would anybody not be? If you’re a fan of the show, you know what we’re talking about here, and if you clicked on this article by accident, this glorious series is called Grey’s Anatomy!
It centers around the professional and personal lives of doctors at Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital in Seattle, Washington, with plenty of plot twists, relationship drama, and humor.
While the main star of the series here is Meredith Grey - first a surgical intern and then an attending physician - the supporting characters are nothing but excellent and lifelike. And, from such premise and such characters come the most memorable quotes. Which, of course, this list is dedicated to.
With nearly twenty seasons under its belt, it’s absolutely no wonder that quotes from Grey’s Anatomy are aplenty. After all, it’s not like its characters have nothing to say! And when they do have their say, it comes in memorable phrases worthy of remembering. There are inspiring love quotes from Grey’s Anatomy that’ll swoon and charm you. Not in some sort of silly way, but rather one that meets realistic expectations of love and relationships, which makes them all the more powerful.
Then there are funny Grey’s Anatomy quotes, ranging from the driest of humor coming from Dr. Christina Yang to song skits from senior doctors. Really, there’s something for everybody!
So, ready to take a look at some of the best Grey’s Anatomy quotes? If so, you know what to do here - scroll down below, read the famous quotes, and give the ones you liked the most your vote. After all that is well and done, be sure to share this article with anyone who has somehow missed the glory that is Grey’s Anatomy!
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“We may only be together five minutes every two months, but when we do we will savor every second. We know how valuable those five minutes are.” — Ben Warren
“Why do we even try when the barriers are so high and the odds are so low? Why don’t we just pack it in and go home?” — Amelia Shepherd
“The body is a slave to its impulses. But the thing that makes us human is what we can control. After the storm, after the rush, after the heat of the moment has passed, we can cool off and clean up the messes we made. We can try to let go of what was.” — Meredith Grey
“I’m up there waiting for you to come down the aisle and... I know you don’t want to come. If I loved you, I wouldn’t be up there waiting for you. I would be letting you go.” — Preston Burke
“Oh screw beautiful! I’m brilliant! If you want to appease me, compliment my brain.” — Cristina Yang
“If you love someone, you tell them. Even if you’re scared that it’s not the right thing. Even if you’re scared that it’ll cause problems. Even if you're scared that it will burn your life to the ground, you say it, and you say it loud and you go from there.” — Mark Sloan
“If you aren’t willing to keep looking for light in the darkest of places without stopping, even when it seems impossible, you will never succeed.” — Amelia Shepherd
“It turns out sometimes you have to do the wrong thing. Sometimes you have to make a big mistake to figure out how to make things right. Mistakes are painful, but they’re the only way to find out who we really are.” — Denny Duquette
“Sometimes it’s good to be scared. It means you still have something to lose.” — Richard Webber
“Intimacy is a four letter syllable for, here’s my heart and soul, please grind them into a hamburger and enjoy. It’s both desired and feared. Difficult to live with, impossible to live without.” — Meredith Grey
“Make a plan. Set a goal. Work toward it, but every now and then look around. Drink it in, ’cause this is it. It might all be gone tomorrow.” — Meredith Grey
“The expected is what keeps us steady. It’s the unexpected that changes our lives forever.” — Meredith Grey
“Don’t let what he wants eclipse what you need. He’s very dreamy, but he’s not the sun. You are.” — Cristina Yang
“Grief may be a thing we all have in common but it looks different on everyone. It isn’t just death we have to grieve. It’s life, it’s loss, it’s change. And when we wonder why it has to suck so much sometimes, it has to hurt so bad.” — Meredith Grey
“There comes a point when you have to suck it up and stop whining and start living.” — Callie Torres
“Yes or no. In or out. Up or down. Live or die. Hero or coward. Fight or give in. I’ll say it again to make sure you hear me. The human life is made up of choices. Live or die. That’s the important choice. And it’s not always in our hands.” — Derek Shepherd
“With a little coffee and a little sunlight, your troubles will get smaller and the world will keep standing.” — Richard Webber
“Deal with your jealousy. Deal with your shortcomings. Don’t put your crap on me.” — Stephanie Edwards
“You never think that the last time is the last time. You think there will be more. You think you have forever, but you don’t.” — Meredith Grey
“Maybe we like the pain. Maybe we’re wired that way. Because without it, I don’t know; maybe we just wouldn’t feel real. What’s that saying? Why do I keep hitting myself with a hammer? Because it feels so good when I stop.” — Meredith Grey
“Knowing is better than wondering. Waking is better than sleeping, and even the biggest failure, even the worst, beats the hell out of never trying.” — Meredith Grey
“Being aware of your crap and actually overcoming your crap are two very different things.” — Cristina Yang
“I love everything about you. Even the things I don’t like, I love. And I want you with me. I love you and I think you love me too. Do you?” — Jackson Avery
“Not everyone has to be happy all the time. That isn’t mental health. That’s crap.” — Meredith Grey
“Just because people do horrible things, it doesn’t always mean they’re horrible people.” — Izzie Stevens
“I want so much for you. For both of us. So much more than this. More than being stuck with someone who feels stuck. I want you to feel free.” — Callie Torres
“You can have the worst crap in the world happen to you and you can get over it. All you gotta do is survive.” — Alex Karev
“Breakthroughs don’t happen because of the medicine. Real breakthroughs happen because someone is scared to death to stop trying.” — Derek Shepherd
“We don’t get unlimited chances to have the things that we want, and this I know. Nothing is worse than missing an opportunity that could have changed your life.” — Addison Montgomery
“Yes, horrible things do happen. Happiness, in the face of all of that, that’s not the goal. Feeling horrible, and knowing that you’re not gonna die from those feelings, that’s the point.” — Katherine Wyatt
“Bad things happen, but you have to move past it. Leave it behind. The sooner, the better. Or it’ll eat away at you and stop you from moving forward.” — Miranda Bailey
“Don’t look at me like that. Like I’m damaged goods. I’m still me. I’m still here.” — Adele Webber
“I have survived racism, sexism, every ‘Ism’ designed to make me feel small or make me less. If I can do all of that, if I can survive all of that, then I just might survive this, too.” — Catherine Avery
“For a kiss to be really good, you want it to mean something. You want it to be with someone you can’t get out of your head, so that when your lips finally touch, you feel it everywhere. A kiss so hot and so deep you never want to come up for air. You can’t cheat your first kiss. Trust me, you don’t want to. Cause when you find that right person for a first kiss, it’s everything.” — Alex Karev
“The problem is we are human. We want more than to just survive. We want to love.” — Lexie Grey
“It’ll hurt every time you think of her. But over time, it will hurt less and less. And eventually you’ll remember her and it will only hurt a little.” — Cristina Yang
“She’s my person. If I murdered someone, she’s the person I’d call to help me drag the corpse across the living room floor. She’s my person.” — Cristina Yang
“Don’t let fear keep you quiet. You have a voice so use it. Speak up. Raise your hands. Shout your answers. Make yourself heard. Whatever it takes, just find your voice, and when you do, fill the damn silence.” — Meredith Grey
“How are you fine? How are you just completely fine? I am ruined, OK? I am dead, I am wrecked.” — Cristina Yang
“You were like coming up for fresh air. It’s like I was drowning and you saved me. That’s all I know.” — Derek Shepherd
