Episode 1x07 "Save Me" monologues

Opening monologue: Meredith Grey

You know how when you were a little kid

and you believed in fairytales,
that fantasy of what your life would be,

white dress, prince charming to carry you

away to a castle on a hill.
You'd lie in bed at night and close your eyes

and you had complete and utter faith.
Santa Claus, Tooth Fairy, Prince Charming,

they were so close you could taste them.
But eventually you grow up.
One day you open your eyes and the fairytale disappears.
Most people turn to the things and people they can trust.
But the thing is, it's hard to let go of that fairytale entirely.
Cause almost everyone still has that smallest bit

of hope and faith, that one day they'll open their eyes

and it will all come true.


Closing monologue: Meredith Grey

At the end of the day, faith, is a funny thing.
It turns up when you don't really expect it.
It's like, one day you realize that the fairytale

may be slightly different than you dreamed.
The castle, well it may not be a castle.
And it's not so important that it's happy ever after.
Just that it's happy right now.
See 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.