Episode 6x02 "Goodbye" monologues

Opening monologue: Meredith Grey

The dictionary defines grief as keen mental suffering or
distress over affliction or loss.
Sharp sorrow, painful regret.
As surgeons, as scientists, we're taught to learn from and
rely on books, on definitions, on definitives.
But in life, strict definitions rarely apply.
In life, grief can look like a lot of things that bare little
resemblance to sharp sorrow.


Closing monologue: The Cast

Grief may be a thing we all have in common,
but it looks different on everyone... Lexie

It isn't just death we have to grieve, it's life, it's loss,
it's change...Mark

And when we wonder why it has to suck so much sometimes,
has to hurt so bad, the thing we gotta try to remember is
that it can turn on a dime...Alex

That's how you stay alive. When it hurts so much you can't
breathe. That's how you survive...Izzie

By remembering that one day, somehow, impossibly, you
won't feel this way. It won't hurt this much...Derek

Grief comes in it's own time for everyone.
In it's own way...Bailey

So the best we can do, best anyone can do, is try
for honesty...Owen

The really crappy thing, the very worst part of grief,
is that you can't control it...Meredith

The best we can do is try to let ourselves feel it, when
it comes...Arizona

And let it go when we can...Callie

The very worst part is that the minute you think you're
past it, it starts all over again...Meredith

And always, everytime, it takes your breath away...Cristina

There are five stages of grief.
They look different on all of us.
But there are always five...Meredith

Denial...Alex

Anger...Derek

Bargaining...Bailey

Depression...Lexie

Acceptance...Chief