EXPLORE All The Shades of Grey

Meredith: [voiceover] In the eighth grade my English class had to read Romeo and Juliet. Then for extra credit, Mrs. Snyder made us act out all the parts. Sal Scafarillo was Romeo. As fate would have it, I was Juliet… all the other girls were jealous, but I had a slightly different take. I told Mrs. Snyder that Juliet was an idiot. For starters she falls for the one guy she knows she can’t have, then she blames fate for her own bad decision. Mrs. Snyder explained to me that when fate comes into play choice sometimes goes out the window. At the ripe old age of 13 I was very clear that love like life is about making choices. And fate has nothing to do with it. . Everyone thinks it’s so romantic, Romeo and Juliet, true love, how sad. If Juliet was stupid enough to fall for the enemy, drink the bottle of poison, and go to sleep in a mausoleum, she deserved whatever she got.

Izzie: You kissed me.

Alex: Yes, I did.

Izzie: Should we?... I mean, there's a discussion that we could have... if you wanted to have one?

Alex: Izzie, I kissed you, with tongue, and I plan to do it again and again - get used to it. End of discussion.

George: You lived. We both did. Carpe diem, man. "Seize the Day!"

Fall Guy: Any chance you can make him leave?

Cristina: I really, really wish I could.

Cristina: Plus I've already spent an hour picking bird parts out of the guy. I'm over it.

George: Carpe diem.

Meredith: Right, giant zit on my forehead, and I'm beginning to look how I feel. Carpe that.

George: This is the luckiest day in the world!

Cristina: Tell that to the bird.

Bailey: I'm pregnant, you blind moron.

Chief:: You’re what?

Bailey: My heart rate is 110, I’m burning three thousand calories a day, my legs are swollen, I got indigestion and gas. Did you know carrying a boy in your uterus means you burn ten percent more calories than if you had a girl? Guess what I’m carrying. I tried for seven damn years and a month before my fellowship notifications the stick turns blue. Men... from the very beginning they just suck the life right out of you. I’m not leaving. I’m pregnant.

George: Could this place be any further away? It's like Siberia down here.

Daisy: That's because we don't like sick people.

George: You do know you're in a hospital, right?

Burke: Let's have the Chardonnay, please.

Cristina: Oh, I want Bordeaux.

Burke: The Chardonnay would be better with the Lobster.

Cristina: I'm having steak.

Burke: You...you eat red meat?

Cristina: You don't?

Burke: [during surgery] Dr. Yang, you're handling the saw.

Cristina: You won't let me pick the wine, but this you'll let me do?

Alex': [referring to a patient who is removing her breasts and ovaries to prevent possible cancer] Here's the thing - I like your rack.

Izzie: God, what is wrong with you? Why do you have to be so - what is wrong with you?

Alex': I like your rack and I'd want them around if I could have them, trust me I would, but it wouldn't be the end of the world if you got rid of them... because really, I'd want you.

[Izzie slaps him]

Alex': Ow! What was that for?

[She kisses him]

Meredith: [enters the elevator, Derek's there] I miss you.

Derek: [stands behind her and breath her in, giving her goose bumps] I can't.

[Derek walks out of the elevator]

Meredith: [voiceover] Maybe Romeo and Juliet were fated to be together, but just for a while, and then their time passed. If they could have known that beforehand, maybe it all would have been okay. I told Mrs. Snyder that when I was grown up, I'd take fate into my own hands. I wouldn't let some guy drag me down. Mrs. Snyder said that I'd be lucky if I ever had that kind of passion with someone, and that if I did, we'd be together forever. Even now, I believe that for the most part, love is about choices. It's about putting down the poison and the dagger and making your own happy ending...most of the time. And that sometimes, despite all your best choices and all your best intentions... fate wins anyway.