Grey's Anatomy (TV Series)

The Self-Destruct Button (2005)

Ellen Pompeo: Dr. Meredith Grey

Quotes 

• Dr. Meredith Grey : [voiceover]  Okay. Anyone who says you can sleep when you die... Tell them to come talk to me after a few months as an intern. Of course it's not just the job that keeps us up all night. I mean if life's so hard already, why do we bring so much trouble on ourselves. What's up with the need to hit the self-destruct button? 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.

• Dr. Meredith Grey : [to Claire]  You don't know this yet, but life isn't supposed to be like this. It's not supposed to be this hard.

• Dr. Meredith Grey : Okay, anyone who says you can sleep when you die, tell them to come talk to me after a few months as an intern. Of course, it's not just the job that keeps us up all night.

• Dr. Meredith Grey : I tried to talk Dr Shepherd out of that clot surgery. What is wrong with me?

  Dr. Alex Karev : Basically, you tried to kill a guy.

  Dr. Cristina Yang : [to Alex]  Basically, you're an ass