Episode 6x10 "Holidaze" monologues

Opening monologue: Meredith Grey

The best gift I ever got was for Christmas when I was ten.
My very first suture kit. I used it until my fingers bled.
And then I tried to use it to stitch up my fingers.
It put me on the path to becoming a surgeon.
My point is, sometimes the best gifts come in really
surprising packages.


Closing monologue: Meredith Grey

Everyday, we get to give the gift of life.
It can be painful. It can be terrifying. But in the end,
it's worth it; Every time. We all have the opportunity
to give. Maybe the gifts are not as dramatic as what
happens in the operating room. Maybe the gift is to
try and make a simple apology.
Maybe it's to understand another persons point of view.
Maybe it's to hold a secret for a friend.
The joy supposedly is in the giving. So when the joy is
gone, when the giving starts to feel more like a burden,
that's when you stop.
But if you're like most people I know, you give till it hurts...
and then you give some more.

Episode 6x09 "New History" monologues

Opening monologue: Meredith Grey

Doctors live in a world of constant progress
and forward motion.
Stand still for a second and you'll be left behind.
But as hard as we try to move forward, as tempting
as it is to never look back, the past always comes
back to bite us in the ass.
And as history shows us again and again; those
who forget the past are doomed to repeat it.


Closing monologue: Meredith Grey

Sometimes the past is something you just can't let
go of.
And sometimes the past is something we'll do
anything to forget.
And sometimes we learn something new about the
past..that changes everything we know about the
present.

Episode 6x08 "Invest in Love" monologues

Opening monologue: Meredith Grey

It's impossible to describe the panic that comes over
you, when you're a surgeon and your pager goes off
in the middle of the night.
Your heart starts to race, your mind freezes, your
fingers go numb, you're invested.
There's someones mom, someones dad, someones
kid; and now it's on you.
That someones life is now in your hands.
As surgeons, we're always invested in our patients.
But when your patient's a child, you're not just invested,
you're responsible.
Responsible for whether or not that child survives, has a
future.
And that's enough to terrify anyone.


Closing monologue: Meredith Grey

They say the bigger your investment, the bigger your
return.
But you have to be willing to take a chance.
You have to understand, you might lose it all.
But if you take that chance, if you invest wisely,
the payoff might just surprise you.