Meredith Grey: Intimacy is a four syllable word for, "Here's my heart and soul, please grind them into hamburger, and enjoy." It's both desired, and feared. Difficult to live with, and impossible to live without. Intimacy also comes attached to the three R's... relatives, romance, and roommates. There are some things you can't escape. And other things you just don't want to know.
Meredith Grey: At some point, you have to make a decision. Boundaries don't keep other people out. They fence you in. Life is messy. That's how we're made. So, you can waste your lives drawing lines. Or you can live your life crossing them. But there are some lines... that are way too dangerous to cross.
Derek Shepherd: It's not the chase. Meredith Grey: What? Derek Shepherd: You and me. It is not the thrill of the chase. It's not a game. It's it's your tiny ineffectual fists. And your hair. Meredith Grey: My hair? Derek Shepherd: It smells good. And you're very, very ballsy. It keeps me in line. Meredith Grey: I'm still not going out with you. Derek Sheperd: You say that now...
Alex Karev: For a kiss to be really good, you want it to mean something. You want it to be with someone you can't get out of your head, so that when your lips finally touch you feel it everywhere. A kiss so hot and so deep you never want to come up for air. You can't cheat your first kiss. Trust me, you don't want to. Cause when you find that right person for a first kiss, it's everything.
Meredith Grey: Okay, here it is, your choice... it's simple, her or me, and I'm sure she is really great. But Derek, I love you, in a really, really big pretend to like your taste in music, let you eat the last piece of cheese, hold a radio over my head outside your window, unfortunate way that makes me hate you, love you. So pick me, choose me, love me.