Forty years ago, the Beatles asked the world a question. They wanted to know where all the lonely people came from. My theory is that a great many of the lonely people come from hospitals. More precisely, the surgical wing of hospitals. As surgeons, we ignore our own needs so we can meet our patients' needs. We ignore our friends and families so we can save other people's friends and families. Which means that, at the end of the day, all we really have is ourselves. And nothing in this world can make you feel more alone than that.
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Meredith: So, you're giving up the trailer?
Derek: I'm not giving up the trailer. Is Addison telling people that I'm giving up the trailer?
Meredith: It's just funny, I just never would have pegged as that guy.
Derek: What guy?
Meredith: You know the marble bath, private pool, gated community guy.
Derek: Don't peg me. I'm not peggable.
Meredith (smiles): You' re pegged. Deal with it.
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Derek: Nice job.
Meredith: Thank you.
Derek: I'm not giving up the trailer.
Meredith (smiles): Whatever you say Dr. Shepherd.
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Meredith: I can't believe you would consider moving out of your trailer. The view alone.
Derek: See the mist rise off the lake.
Meredith: Yeah.
Derek: Yeah. (silence) I'm not moving.
Meredith: You're still you?
Derek: I'm still me.
Meredith: Good.
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Four hundred years ago, another English guy had an opinion on being alone. John Donne. He thought we were never alone. Of course it was fancier when he said it. No man is an island entire onto himself. Boil down that island talk and he just means that all anyone needs is someone to step in and let us know we're not alone. And who's to say that someone can't have four legs. Someone to play with, or run around with, or just hang out.
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Grey's Anatomy Quotes
FanfictionI absolutely love Grey's Anatomy. I thought it only made sense to dedicate a story to all of its amazing quotes.
