Meredith:  Still, they say you don’t kick the habit until you hit rock bottom, but how do you know when you’re there? Because no matter how badly a thing is hurting us, sometimes letting it go hurts even worse.

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Meredith:  Change; we don’t like it, we fear it, but we can't stop it from coming. We either adapt to change or we get left behind. And it hurts to grow, anybody who tells you it doesn’t is lying. But heres the truth: the more things change, the more they stay the same. And sometimes, oh, sometimes change is good. Oh, sometimes, change is ... everything.

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ADDISON: "You want Ava."
ALEX: "She's not Ava anymore. She's Rebecca and I barely know her."
ADDISON: [pauses] "Look at me. Look at me! You suck. To me, you suck. I kind of hate you. But Alex, you do not get unlimited chances to have the things you want. And this I know. Nothing is worse than missing an opportunity that could change your life. No matter what her name is, she'll always be Ava to you."

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DEREK: "I met a woman last night."
MEREDITH: "You met a woman last night."
DEREK: "I'm telling you this because we don't keep secrets. I don't keep secrets. Nothing happened. She was pretty. I noticed. And we talked."
MEREDITH: "You met a woman last night."
DEREK: "Yeah."
MEREDITH: "So, should I be worried or something?"
DEREK: "Should you be worried that I met a woman? No. Should you be worried that, for me, flirting with that woman was a highlight of my week? Yeah, you should be worried."

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MEREDITH:  "Maybe we accept the dream has become a nightmare. We tell ourselves that reality is better. We convince ourselves it's better that we never dream at all. But, the strongest of us, the most determined of us, holds on to the dream or we find ourselves faced with a fresh dream we never considered. We wake to find ourselves, against all odds, feeling hopeful. And, if we're lucky, we realize in the face of everything, in the face of life the true dream is being able to dream at all."

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ADDISON: "Did you cheat?"
SAM: "Two things I learned back in kindergarden. One, keep your hands to yourself. Two, he who smelt it, dealt it."
ADDISON: "That makes no sense.
SAM: "Yeah, well, you cheated… you cheated on your husband with his best friend. There. Smelt it, dealt it. It works."
ADDISON: "You're using fart logic!"

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Grey: But as tough as wanting something can be. The people who suffer the most, are those who don't know what they want.

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DEREK: "I don't... I just... That day, when you came out of the water ...trying to breathe for you. I love you, and I want you, but I don't know what to... you didn't swim. You didn't swim and you know how to. And I don't know if I can... I don't know if I wanna keep trying to breathe for you."