- Dr. Meredith Grey: [closing voiceover] Looking back, it's easy to see when a mistake has been made, to regret a choice that seemed like a decent idea at the time... But if we used our best judgment and listened to our hearts, we're more likely to see that we chose wisely, and avoided the deepest, most painful regret of them all, the regret that comes from letting something amazing pass you by.
- Dr. Meredith Grey: [opening voiceover] Every day, a surgeon makes decisions that can go one of two ways either very good or very, very, very bad. The problem is, the epically great decisions and the epically bad ones look exactly the same when you're making them.
- Dr. Derek Shepherd: Meredith, when the President of the United States calls you on the phone...
- Dr. Meredith Grey: I get it.
- Dr. Derek Shepherd: You can't... you can't say no to the guy.
- Dr. Meredith Grey: Nope.
- Dr. Derek Shepherd: I mean, when they start putting government money behind a... a program like that, mapping the human brain, the impact of that that has worldwide is just...
- Dr. Meredith Grey: Big impact. Get me my curling iron, please.
- Dr. Jackson Avery: April, get back in the car. You can't just walk back!
- Dr. April Kepner: Why?
- Dr. Jackson Avery: Bears?
- Dr. April Kepner: Matthew doesn't deserve this! And... and Stephanie? What are we supposed to say to them? My... my parents? Your mother?
- Dr. Jackson Avery: Oh, my God. My mother.
- Dr. April Kepner: How do we explain that we just destroyed two perfectly lovely people so that we could... what, date?
- Dr. Jackson Avery: Okay, the best solution is never to speak to any of them ever again.
- Dr. April Kepner: Or...?
- Dr. Jackson Avery: Or we get married. I...
- Dr. April Kepner: Because that's easier to explain.
- Dr. Jackson Avery: No. No, 'cause you're right, alright? I don't want to just date. April, I want the whole damn thing. I... we can get to Lake Tahoe in 13 hours.
- Dr. April Kepner: How do you know that?
- Dr. Jackson Avery: Do you wanna get into that right now?
- Dr. April Kepner: No.
- Dr. Jackson Avery: No, you don't want to get into that or, no, you don't want to get married?
- Dr. April Kepner: Yes. Yes!
- [she and Jackson kiss]
- Dr. Cristina Yang: I've always been on the fence about Kepner, but now I'm not just a friend, I'm a fan.
- Dr. Miranda Bailey: [to Ben] Maybe if you'd stop acting like a child...
- Dr. Ben Warren: Oh, now I'm a child. Oh, that's great. That's... That's great. I'm childish. I caused your O.C.D. What... what else you got? Did I cause global warming? Maybe... maybe I killed JFK. That would explain a lot, right?
- Dr. Miranda Bailey: You quit surgery! See, this was supposed to be different than my first marriage. I thought you understood what it means to be a surgeon! Until you dropped it! And now, here I am, once again, married to a man who's waiting to see me at the end of the day, waiting to see what I'm gonna do when I'm gonna come home!
- Dr. Ben Warren: You think I was happy to walk away from a surgical residency? You think you were, what, a... a convenient excuse to dump it?
- Dr. Miranda Bailey: Well, yes.
- Dr. Ben Warren: No, I was a damned star! I had found what I'd been looking for for decades, and I... I walked away from it, yes, because I wanted to be here with you! And it was the hardest choice I ever had to make.
- Dr. Miranda Bailey: You didn't wanna leave surgery?
- Dr. Ben Warren: No! I did not want to leave surgery.
- Dr. Jackson Avery: [to April] Hey. I hope you're okay with spaghetti. I had to ditch that leftover chicken.
- Dr. April Kepner: I found a home for the ice cream maker.
- Dr. Jackson Avery: Oh, I thought we were keeping it. Hope we didn't go through all that for nothing.
- Dr. April Kepner: [smacks him] Hey!
- [they kiss]
- Dr. Jackson Avery: We had a board meeting tonight. I don't think we're gonna be able to keep this a secret much longer.
- Dr. April Kepner: A meeting about us?
- Dr. Jackson Avery: Kind of.
- Dr. April Kepner: What happened?
- Dr. Jackson Avery: I'll tell you about it after dinner.
- Dr. Owen Hunt: One of the surgical residents has a lodged an official complaint with human resources. Three separate complains, actually... directed sexual harassment, quid-pro-quo harassment and hostile work environment.
- Dr. Callie Torres: What? Who?
- Dr. Cristina Yang: Directed at whom?
- Dr. Owen Hunt: H.R. won't release that or the name of the resident.
- Dr. Callie Torres: [scoffs] Hostile work environment? Come on.
- Dr. Arizona Robbins: Does she have a case, legally?
- Dr. Jackson Avery: O... okay. Is there a way that we could... or maybe I could... talk to this person? You know, we could just clear the air before it gets out of proportion.
- Dr. Callie Torres: He shouldn't talk to her without legal present.
- Dr. Derek Shepherd: Well, if she's already filed a complaint...
- Dr. Owen Hunt: You're all missing the point! This is not about one person. This is a complaint about this hospital and this teaching program. We are too often letting our personal lives disrupt our work. None of us are guilt-free... myself included. Now, H.R have recommended a clear, zero-tolerance policy.
- Dr. Meredith Grey: [as she reads the paper] "Excluding those of pre-existing married couples..."
- Dr. Cristina Yang: [as she reads the paper] "Relationships or romantic or sexual nature between superiors and subordinates will not be allowed."
- Dr. Owen Hunt: It is restrictive, it is non-negotiable... but it is fair, and better still, it is unambiguous. I urge you all to vote to implement this.