There's this thing that happens when people find out you're a doctor. They stop seeing you as a person and begin to see you something bigger than you are. They have to see us that way, as gods, otherwise we're just like everyone else, unsure, flawed, normal. So we act strong, we remain stoic. We hide the fact that we're all too human.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mark: There he is! The Legend himself! How are you, Legend?
Derek: Are you drunk? Should I be worried about you?
Mark: And he's got his sense of humor back. How is your patient?
Derek: She's got. Stable. You know, today is the first day in a long time that I remember what it feels like to be good at my job.
Mark: You? C'mon, you're like the Dalai Lama of surgery. People from all over the world come here to let you cut them open. And you know what? You look good doing it. I like the facial hair by the way. Keep it like that, no more, no less.
Derek: All right, stop.
Mark: Derek, there's something we need to discuss.
Derek: Go ahead and have sex with Addison.
Mark: Addison?
Derek: Go for it.
Mark: I don't wanna have sex with Addison.
Derek: Really? What did you want to discuss?
Mark: Nothing.
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Patients see us as gods or they see us as monsters. But the fact is, we're just people. We screw up, we lose our way. Even the best of us, have our off days. Still we move forward. We don't rest on all the rules or celebrate the lives we've saved in the past. Because there's always some other patient that needs our help. So we force ourselves to keep trying, to keep learning. In the hope that, maybe someday we'll just come a little bit closer to the gods our patients need us to be.
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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.
