Grey's Anatomy (TV Series)

Love, Loss and Legacy (2011)

Ellen Pompeo: Dr. Meredith Grey

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• Dr. Meredith Grey : [opening voiceover]  The human body is designed to compensate for loss. It adapts, so it no longer needs the thing it can't have, but sometimes, the loss is too great and the body can't compensate on it's own. That's when surgeons get involved.

• Dr. Meredith Grey : [closing voiceover]  We're so hopeful at the beginning of things. That there seems like there's only a world to be gained, not lost. They say the inability to accept loss is a form of insanity, it's probably true, but sometimes, it's the only way to stay alive.

• Dr. Derek Shepherd : [about Zola]  Do you know how long her shunt must have been malfunctioning for her bowel to have gotten this bad?

  Dr. Meredith Grey : They didn't know what to look for.

  Dr. Derek Shepherd : Exactly, because she should've been with us.

  Dr. Meredith Grey : But she's not and that's my fault and I may never sleep another night again because of that, but if there's a prayer of us getting her back then we just have to dot our I's and cross our T's and not mess with the rules. Arizona is a great surgeon. Please don't make it worse.

  Dr. Derek Shepherd : [to Arizona]  What is your plan on fixing this?

  Dr. Arizona Robbins : It's just kinked. Once I get in there and I remove the adhesions and fix the obstruction. The shunt will be fine.

  Dr. Derek Shepherd : What if it's not? What if it's disconnected or broken?

  Dr. Arizona Robbins : Then I convert to a V-A shunt. Derek, I can do this. Let me do this.