Greys Anatomy Season 1 Voiceover Sentence Starters
âA person either has what it takes to play, or they donât.âÂ
âIâm kind screwed.â
â I can think of a thousand reasons why I should quit. â
âThey make it hard on purpose.â
âThere are lives in our hands.â
âThere comes a moment when itâs more than just a game, and you either take that step forward or turn around and walk away. â
â You need boundaries, between you and the rest of the world.â
âOther people are far too messyâ
â Itâs all about lines. Drawing lines in the sand and praying like hell no one crosses them.â
âAt some point you have to make a decision.â
âBoundaries donât keep other people out; they fence you in.â
âLife is messy, thatâs how weâre made. So you can waste your life drawing lines or you can live your life crossing them.
âThere are some lines that are way too dangerous to cross.â
âHereâs what I know, if youâre willing to take the chance, the view from the other side is spectacular.â
âWeâre together more than we are apartâ
â Number one : Always keep score. Number two: do whatever you can to outsmart the other guy. Number three: Donât make friends with the enemy. Oh, yeah, Number four: Everything, everything is a competition.â
âItâs not about the race at all. There are no winners or losersâ
âIntimacy is a four syllable word for, âHere is my heart and soul, please grind them into hamburger and enjoy.â Itâs both desired, and feared. Difficult to live with, and impossible to live without.â
âIntimacy also comes attached to the three Râs⌠relatives, romance, and roommates.â
âThere are some things you canât escape. And other things you just donât want to know.â
â I wish there were a rulebook for intimacy. Some kind of guide to tell you when youâve crossed the lineâ
âAnd as for rules, maybe there are none.â
âMaybe the rules of intimacy are something you have to define for yourself.â
âRemember when you were a kid and your biggest worry was, like, if youâd get a bike for your birthday or if youâd get to eat cookies for breakfast?â
âBeing an adult? Totally overrated.â
âDonât be fooled by all the hot shoes and the great sex and the no parents anywhere telling you what to do. Adulthood is responsibility.â
âResponsibility, it really does suck.â
âUnfortunately, once you get past the age of braces and training bras, responsibility doesnât go away.â
âIt canât be avoided.â
âEither someone makes us face it or we suffer the consequences.â
âYouâd think more of us would listen to what he had to say.â
âI donât know why we put things off, but if I had to guess, Iâd say it has a lot to do with fear.â
âWhat if youâre making a mistake you canât undo?â
âThe early bird catches the wormâ
âA stitch in time saves nine.â
âHe who hesitates is lost.â
âWe canât pretend we havenât been told.â
âWeâve all heard the proverbs, heard the philosophers, heard our grandparents warning us about wasted time, heard the damn poets urging us to âseize the dayâ.â
âStill sometimes we have to see for ourselves. We have to make our own mistakes. We have to learn our own lessons.â
âWe have to sweep todayâs possibility under tomorrowâs rug until we canât anymore.âÂ
âKnowing is better than wondering, waking is better than sleeping.
âEven the biggest failure, even the worst most intractable mistake beats the hell out of never trying.â
âIf lifeâs so hard already, why do we bring more trouble down on ourselves?â
âWhatâs up with the need to hit the self-destruct button?â
âMaybe we like the pain. Maybe weâre wired that way.â
âMaybe we like the pain. Maybe weâre wired that way. Because without it, I donât know, maybe we just wouldnât feel real.â
âYou know how when you were a little kid and you believed in fairy tales?âÂ
âYouâd lie in bed at night and close your eyes and you had complete and utter faith.âÂ
âEventually you grow up, one day you open your eyes and the fairy tale disappears.â
âMost people turn to the things and people they can trust.â
âThe thing is, itâs hard to let go of that fairy tale entirely because almost everyone still has that smallest bit of hope and faith that one day theyâll open their eyes and it will all come true.â
âAt the end of the day, faith is a funny thing.â
âIt turns up when you donât really expect it.â
âItâs like one day you realize that the fairy tale may be slightly different than you dreamed.â
âThe castle, well, it may not be a castle.â
âItâs not so important, that itâs happy ever after, just that itâs happy right now.â
âSee once in a while, once in a blue moon, people will surprise you, and once in a while people may even take your breath away.â
âSecrets canât hide in science.â
âMedicine has a way of exposing the lies.â
âOne thing is certain, whatever it is weâre trying to hide; weâre never ready for that moment when the truth gets naked.â
âThatâs the problem with secrets â like misery, they love company. They pile up and up until they take over everything, until you donât have room for anything else, until youâre so full of secrets you feel like youâre going to burst.â
âThe thing people forget is how good it can feel when you finally set secrets free.â
âWhether good or bad, at least the secrets out in the open, like it or not.â
âOnce your secrets are out in the open, you donât have to hide behind them anymore.â
âThe problem with secrets is even when you think youâre in control, youâre not.â