Tumblr (3.0; @meredithgreyxnarrations)http://meredithgreyxnarrations.tumblr.com/““In life, only one thing is certain, apart from death and taxes. No matter how hard you try, no matter how good your intentions, you are going to make mistakes. You’re going to hurt people. You’re going to get hurt. And if you ever want to recover… there’s really only one thing you can say.” season 4 episode 4”http://meredithgreyxnarrations.tumblr.com/post/24561943585http://meredithgreyxnarrations.tumblr.com/post/24561943585Wed, 06 Jun 2012 17:36:04 -0400Meredith Greygrey's anatomymistakeshurtforgivesorry““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.” season 4 episode 2”http://meredithgreyxnarrations.tumblr.com/post/24561697255http://meredithgreyxnarrations.tumblr.com/post/24561697255Wed, 06 Jun 2012 17:32:33 -0400Meredith Greygrey's anatomyaddictionhabitletting go““Too often, the thing you want most is the one thing you can’t have. Desire leaves us heartbroken, it wears us out. Desire can wreck your life. But as tough as wanting something can be. The people who suffer the most, are those who don’t know what they want.” season 3 episode 21”http://meredithgreyxnarrations.tumblr.com/post/23812718517http://meredithgreyxnarrations.tumblr.com/post/23812718517Sat, 26 May 2012 15:28:55 -0400Meredith Greygrey's anatomydesirewant““Some people believe that without history, our lives amount to nothing. At some point we all have to choose: do we fall back on what we know, or do we step forward to something new? It’s hard not to be haunted by our past. Our history is what shapes us… what guides us. Our history resurfaces time after time after time. So we have to remember sometimes the most important history is the history we’re making today.” season 3 episode 20”http://meredithgreyxnarrations.tumblr.com/post/23812552082http://meredithgreyxnarrations.tumblr.com/post/23812552082Sat, 26 May 2012 15:25:51 -0400grey's anatomyMeredith Greyhistorypastchange““What’s worse, new wounds which are so horribly painful or old wounds that should’ve healed years ago and never did? Maybe our old wounds teach us something. They remind us where we’ve been and what we’ve overcome. They teach us lessons about what to avoid in the future. That’s what we like to think. But that’s not the way it is, is it? Some things we just have to learn over and over and over again.” season 3 episode 18”http://meredithgreyxnarrations.tumblr.com/post/23316122521http://meredithgreyxnarrations.tumblr.com/post/23316122521Fri, 18 May 2012 19:34:03 -0400grey's anatomyMeredith Greyhabitlife lessons““We all think we’re going to be great and we feel a little bit robbed when our expectations aren’t met. But sometimes expectations sell us short. Sometimes the expected simply pales in comparison to the unexpected. You got to wonder why we cling to our expectations, because the expected is just what keeps us steady. Standing. Still, the expected’s just the beginning, the unexpected is what changes our lives” season 3 episode 13”http://meredithgreyxnarrations.tumblr.com/post/23315306148http://meredithgreyxnarrations.tumblr.com/post/23315306148Fri, 18 May 2012 19:19:00 -0400grey's anatomyMeredith Greyexpectationsunexpectedlife-changing““At the end of the day, when it comes down to it, all we really want is to be close to somebody. So this thing where we all keep our distance and pretend not to care about each other, it’s usually a load of bull. So we pick and choose who we want to remain close to, and once we’ve chosen those people, we tend to stick close by. No matter how much we hurt them. The people that are still with you at the end of the day, those are the ones worth keeping. And sure, sometimes close can be too close. But sometimes, that invasion of personal space, it can be exactly what you need.” season 3 episode 10”http://meredithgreyxnarrations.tumblr.com/post/23010970987http://meredithgreyxnarrations.tumblr.com/post/23010970987Sun, 13 May 2012 21:19:36 -0400Meredith Greygrey's anatomyrelationshipsbest friends““There are times when even the best of us have trouble with commitment, and we may be surprised at the commitments we’re willing to let slip out of our grasp. Commitments are complicated. We may surprise ourselves by the commitments we’re willing to make, true commitment, takes effort, and sacrifice. Which is why sometimes, we have to learn the hard way, to choose our commitments very carefully.” season 3 episode 6”http://meredithgreyxnarrations.tumblr.com/post/23010345980http://meredithgreyxnarrations.tumblr.com/post/23010345980Sun, 13 May 2012 21:10:54 -0400Meredith Greygrey's anatomycommitment““The fantasy is simple. Pleasure is good, and twice as much pleasure is better. That pain is bad, and no pain is better. But the reality is different. The reality is that pain is there to tell us something, and there’s only so much pleasure we can take without getting a stomach ache. And maybe that’s okay. Maybe some fantasies are only supposed to live in our dreams.” season 3 episode 3”http://meredithgreyxnarrations.tumblr.com/post/22748340111http://meredithgreyxnarrations.tumblr.com/post/22748340111Wed, 09 May 2012 20:24:54 -0400Meredith Greygrey's anatomyrealityfantasy““At any given moment, the brain has 14 billion neurons firing at a speed of 450 miles per hour. We don’t have control over most of them. When we get a chill… goose bumps. When we get excited… adrenaline. The body naturally follows it’s impulses, which I think is part of what makes it so hard for us to control ours. Of course, sometimes we have impulses we would rather not control, that we later wish we had.” season 3 episode 2”http://meredithgreyxnarrations.tumblr.com/post/22748156441http://meredithgreyxnarrations.tumblr.com/post/22748156441Wed, 09 May 2012 20:22:32 -0400Meredith Greygrey's anatomyimpulsesregret““So what makes anger different from the six other deadly sins? It’s pretty simple really. You give in to a sin like envy or pride, and you only hurt yourself. Try lust or coveting and you’ll only hurt yourself and one or two others. But anger is the worst… the mother of all sins… Not only can anger drive you over the edge, when it does, you can take an awful lot of people with you.” season 2 episode 25”http://meredithgreyxnarrations.tumblr.com/post/22382705520http://meredithgreyxnarrations.tumblr.com/post/22382705520Fri, 04 May 2012 10:27:00 -0400grey's anatomyMeredith Greyanger““A wise man once said you can have anything in life if you will sacrifice everything else for it. What he meant is nothing comes without a price. So before you go into battle, you better decide how much you’re willing to lose. Too often, going after what feels good means letting go of what you know is right, and letting someone in means abandoning the walls you’ve spent a lifetime building. Of course, the toughest sacrifices are the ones we don’t see coming, when we don’t have time to come up with a strategy to pick a side or to measure the potential loss. When that happens, when the battle chooses us and not the other way around, that’s when the sacrifice can turn out to be more than we can bear.” season 2 episode 23”http://meredithgreyxnarrations.tumblr.com/post/22382634141http://meredithgreyxnarrations.tumblr.com/post/22382634141Fri, 04 May 2012 10:25:34 -0400grey's anatomyMeredith Greysacrifice““We all go through life like bulls in a china shop. A chip here, a crack there. Doing damage to ourselves, to other people. The problem is trying to control the damage we’ve done, or thats been done to us. Sometimes the damage catches us by surprise. Sometimes we think we can fix the damage.” season 2 episode 24”http://meredithgreyxnarrations.tumblr.com/post/22382751692http://meredithgreyxnarrations.tumblr.com/post/22382751692Fri, 04 May 2012 10:24:00 -0400grey's anatomyMeredith Greydamage““After careful consideration and many sleepless nights, here’s what I’ve decided. There’s no such thing as a grown-up. We move out, we move away from our families. But the basic insecurities, the fears and all the old wounds just grow up with us. Just when you think life has forced you to truly become an adult, your mother says something like that. We get bigger, taller, older. But, for the most part, we’re still a bunch of kids, running around the playground, trying desperately to fit in.” season 2 episode 18”http://meredithgreyxnarrations.tumblr.com/post/22127534454http://meredithgreyxnarrations.tumblr.com/post/22127534454Mon, 30 Apr 2012 12:26:34 -0400grey's anatomyMeredith Greygrowthadulthoodmaturity““In general, lines are there for a reason. For security, for clarity. If you choose to cross the line, you pretty much do so at your own risk. So why is it that the bigger the line, the greater the temptation to cross it? We cant help ourselves. When we see a line we want to cross it. Maybe it’s the thrill of the unfamiliar, a sort of personal dare. The only problem is once that you’ve crossed, it’s almost impossible to go back. But, if you do manage to make it back across the line, you find safety in numbers.” season 2 episode 15”http://meredithgreyxnarrations.tumblr.com/post/22127417861http://meredithgreyxnarrations.tumblr.com/post/22127417861Mon, 30 Apr 2012 12:24:00 -0400grey's anatomyMeredith Greyrisktemptationexcitementchange““No matter how hard we try to ignore or deny it, eventually the lies fall away, like it or not. But here’s the truth about the truth. It hurts. So we lie.” season 2 episode 14”http://meredithgreyxnarrations.tumblr.com/post/21924215349http://meredithgreyxnarrations.tumblr.com/post/21924215349Fri, 27 Apr 2012 15:11:05 -0400grey's anatomyMeredith Greydenialtruthlies““Who gets to determine when the old ends and the new begins? It’s not on the calendar, it’s not a birthday, it’s not a new year. It’s an event, big or small, something that changes us. Ideally, that gives us hope, a new way of living and looking at the world, a way of letting go of old habits, old memories. What’s important is that we never stop believing we can have a new beginning, but it’s also important to remember that, amid all the crap, there are a few things worth holding on to.” season 2 episode 13”http://meredithgreyxnarrations.tumblr.com/post/21924062612http://meredithgreyxnarrations.tumblr.com/post/21924062612Fri, 27 Apr 2012 15:08:00 -0400Meredith Greygrey's anatomychangehope““There’s an old proverb that says you can’t choose your family. You take what fate hands you. And like them or not, love them or not, understand them or not, you cope. Then there’s the school of thought that says the family you’re born into is simply a starting point. They feed you, clothe you, and take care of you until you’re ready to go out into the world. There you find your own tribe.” season 2 episode 12”http://meredithgreyxnarrations.tumblr.com/post/21753969680http://meredithgreyxnarrations.tumblr.com/post/21753969680Tue, 24 Apr 2012 21:16:25 -0400Meredith Greygrey's anatomyfamilytribe““Four hundred years ago, another English guy had an opinion on being alone. John Donne. He thought we were never alone. Of course it was fancier when he said it. No man is an island entire onto himself. Boil down that island talk and he just means that all anyone needs is someone to step in and let us know we’re not alone. And who’s to say that someone can’t have four legs. Someone to play with, or run around with, or just hang out.” season 2 episode 11”http://meredithgreyxnarrations.tumblr.com/post/21753824458http://meredithgreyxnarrations.tumblr.com/post/21753824458Tue, 24 Apr 2012 21:14:48 -0400grey's anatomyMeredith Greyno man is an islandlonliness““Maybe we’re not supposed to be happy. Maybe gratitude has nothing to do with joy. Maybe being grateful means recognizing what you have for what it is. Appreciating small victories. Admiring the struggle it takes simply to be human. Maybe we’re thankful for the familiar things we know. And maybe we’re thankful for the things we’ll never know. At the end of the day, the fact that we have the courage to still be standing is reason enough to celebrate.” season 2 episode 9”http://meredithgreyxnarrations.tumblr.com/post/21753449362http://meredithgreyxnarrations.tumblr.com/post/21753449362Tue, 24 Apr 2012 21:10:39 -0400Meredith Greygrey's anatomygratitudethankful