Forever Young

"In some ways we grow up; we have families… we get married, divorced… but for the most part we still have the same problems that we did when we were fifteen. No matter how much we grow taller, grow older, we are still forever stumbling… forever wondering, forever… young.

There comes a point in your life, when you're officially an adult. Suddenly, you're old enough to vote, drink and engage in other adult activities. Suddenly, people expect you to be responsible, serious, a grown-up. We get taller, we get older. But do we ever really grow up?"

(GA, s04, ep08)

Begin The Begin

"Fresh starts. Thanks to the calendar, they happen every year... just set your watch to January. Our reward for surviving the holiday season is a new year. Bringing on the great tradition of new years resolutions. Put your past behind you and START OVER. It's hard to resist the chance of a new beginning, a chance to put the problems of last year to bed."

(GA, s02, ep13)

Adrift And At Peace

"The goal of any surgery is total recovery; to come out better than you were before. Some patients heal quickly and feel immediate relief. For others the healing happens gradually. And it’s not until months or even years later that you realize you don’t hurt anymore. So the challenge after any surgery is to be patient. But if you can make it through the first weeks and months, if you believe that healing is possible, then you get your life back! But that’s a big IF..."

(GA, s07, ep10)

Let The Truth Sting

"The truth is painful. Deep down, nobody wants to hear it, especially when it hits close to home.
Sometimes we tell the truth because the truth is all we have to give.
Sometimes we tell the truth because we need to say it out loud to hear it for ourselves.
And sometimes we tell the truth because we just can't help ourselves.
Sometimes, we tell them because we owe them at least that much."

(GA, s04, ep03)

Losing My Mind

'Don't wonder why people go crazy. Wonder why they don't.
In the face of all we could lose in a day... in an instant, wonder what the hell it is that makes us HOLD IT TOGETHER.'

(GA, s04, ep15)

Maroon 5 - Losing My Mind

With You I'm Born Again

'When we say things like "People don’t change" it drives scientists crazy, because change is literally the only constant in all of science. Energy, matter - it’s always changing. Morphing, merging, growing, dying. It’s the way people try not to change that’s unnatural.
The way we cling to what things were, instead of letting them be what they are...
The way we cling to old memories, instead of forming new ones.
The way we insist on believing despite every scientific indication that anything in this lifetime is permanent.

Change is constant. How we experience change, that’s up to us. It can feel like death... or it can feel like a second chance at life. If we open our fingers, loosen our grips, go with it... it can feel like pure adrenaline.
Like at any moment we can have another chance at life.
Like at any moment we can be BORN ALL OVER AGAIN.'

(GA, s07, ep1)

Shock To The System

'Lightning doesn’t often strike twice. It’s an “once-in-a-lifetime” thing. Even if it feels like the shock is coming over and over again… eventually, the pain will go away, and the shock will wear off. And you start to heal yourself, to recover from something you never saw coming. But sometimes, the odds are in your favor. If you’re in just the right place at just the right time… you can take a hell of a hit and still have a SHOT AT SURVIVING.'

(GA, s07, ep2)

Happily Ever After?

'We all remember the bedtime stories of our childhoods; the shoe fits Cinderella, the frog turns into a Prince, Sleeping Beauty is awakened with a kiss. Once upon a time and then they lived happily ever after. Fairytales, the stuff of dreams...
The problem is, fairytales don't come true. It's the other stories, the ones that begin with dark and stormy nights and end in the unspeakable, it's the nightmares that always seem to become reality. The person who invented "Happily Ever After" should have his ass kicked, so hard.'

(GA, s05, ep01)

Wish You Were Here

"We all get at least one good wish a year. Over the candles on our birthday. Some of us throw in more. On eyelashes, fountains, lucky stars, and every now and then, one of those wishes comes true.
So what then?
Is it is as good as we'd hoped?
Do we bask in the warm glow of our happiness?
Or, do we just notice we've got a long list of other wishes waiting to be wished?

We don't wish for the easy stuff. We wish for BIG THINGS. Things that are ambitious, out of reach. We wish because we need help and we're scared and we know we may be asking too much. We still wish, though, because sometimes THEY COME TRUE."

(GA, s05, ep11)



"How I wish, how I wish you were here.
We're just two lost souls
Swimming in a fish bowl,
Year after year,
Running over the same old ground.
What have we found?
The same old fears.
Wish you were here."

Seven Seconds

"In life we are taught that there are 7 deadly sins. We all know the big ones: gluttony, pride, lust. But the thing you don't hear much is anger.
Maybe it's because we think anger is not that dangerous, that we can control it.
My point is, maybe we don't give anger enough credit.
Maybe it can be a lot more dangerous than we think.
After all, when it comes to destructive behavior, IT DID MAKE THE TOP SEVEN.

So what makes ANGER different from the six other deadly sins?
It's pretty simple, really...
You give into 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... anger is the worst... the mother of all sins. Not only can anger drive you over the edge, but when it does, you can take an awful lot of people with you."

(GA, s02, ep25)

A Change Is Gonna Come

'Change.
We don't like it.
We fear it, but we can't stop it from coming.
We either adapt to change or we get left behind.
It hurts to grow, anybody who tells you it doesn't is lying, but here's the truth: sometimes, the more things change, the more they stay the same.
And sometimes, oh, sometimes change is good.
Sometimes CHANGE IS EVERYTHING.'

(GA, s04, ep1)

Time Has Come Today

'Time takes pleasure in kicking our asses. For even the strongest of us it seems to play tricks. Slowing down... hovering... until it freezes. Leaving us stuck in a moment, unable to move in one direction or the other.
Time flies.
Time waits for no man.
Time heals all wounds.
All any of us wants is more time.
Time to stand up.
Time to grow up.
Time to let go.
TIME.'

(GA, s03, ep01)

Sometimes A Fantasy

'Every now and then some other kind of fantasy slips in. Most of our fantasies dissolve when we wake, banished to the back of our mind, but sometimes we're sure if we try hard enough... we can live the dream.

The fantasy is simple.
Pleasure is good, and twice as much pleasure is better.
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.'

(GA, s03, ep03)

Tell Me Sweet Little Lies

'Lying is bad.
Or so we are told constantly from birth -
Honesty is the best policy,
The truth shall set you free,
I chopped down the cherry tree,
whatever.
The fact is: lying is a necessity.
We lie to ourselves because the truth... The truth fucking hurts.

No matter how hard we try to ignore it or deny it, eventually the lies fall away, whether we like it or not.
But here's the truth about THE TRUTH: It hurts.
So we lie.'

(GA, s02, ep14)

Deterioration of the Fight Or Flight Response

'Human beings need a lot of things to be alive.
Family,
Love,
Sex.
But we only need one thing
To actually be alive.
We need a beating heart.
When our heart is threatened
We respond in one of two ways:
We either run or...
We attack.
There's a scientific term for this:
Fight
or Flight.'

(G.A., s02, ep26)

R.I.P. OB!

Yesterday

'After careful consideration and many sleepless nights, here's what I've decided. There's no such thing as a grown-up. We move on, we move out, we move away from our families and form our own. But the basic insecurities, the basic fears and all those old wounds just grow up with us. We get bigger, we get taller, we get older. But, for the most part, we're still a bunch of kids, running around the playground, trying desperately to fit in.

I've heard that it's possible to grow up, I've just never met anyone who's actually done it. Without parents to defy, we break the rules we make for ourselves. We throw tantrums when things don't go our way. We whisper secrets with our best friend, in the dark. We look for comfort where we can find it. And we hope against all logic, against all experience. Like children, WE NEVER GIVE UP HOPE.'

(GA, s02, ep18)

Enough Is Enough(?)

'I have an aunt who whenever she poured anything for you, she would say “Say when!” My aunt would say “Say when!” and, of course, we never did. We don’t say when because there’s something about the possibility of more.
More tequila,
more love,
more anything.
MORE IS BETTER.

There’s something to be said about a glass half full. About knowing when to say when. I think it’s a floating line. A barometer of need and desire. It’s entirely up to the individual. And depends on what's being poured.
Sometimes all we want is a taste.
Other times there’s no such thing as enough, the glass is bottomless.
ALL WE WANT, IS MORE.'

(GA, ep02, s02)

Beat Your Heart Out

'Any first year med-student knows that an increased heart rate is a sign of trouble. A racing heart could indicate anything from a panic disorder to something much, much more serious. A heart that flutters, or one that skips a beat could be a sign of a secret affliction, or it could indicate romance, which is the biggest trouble of all.

It seems we have no control whatsoever over our own hearts. Conditions can change without warning. ROMANCE CAN MAKE THE HEART POUND, JUST LIKE PANIC CAN. And panic can make it stop cold in your chest. It's no wonder doctors spend so much time trying to keep the heart stable. To keep it slow, steady, regular.... To stop the heart from pounding out of your chest. From the dread of something terrible or the anticipation of something else entirely.'

(GA, s05, ep14)

It's All About Lines

'It's all about lines. The finish line at the end of your education, waiting in line for a chance to get the best job... and then there's the most important line, the line separating you from the people that are with you daily.
It doesn't help to get too familiar and to make friends instantly. You need boundaries between you and the rest of the world. Other people are far too messy. It's ALL ABOUT LINES. Drawing lines in the sand and praying like hell no one crosses them.'

(GA, s01, ep12)

(or at least that's what the theory states... as for the practical side, personal experience teaches you that it's the most difficult thing in the world not to get involved, especially if you're one of those who care about the sun that shines or the birds that sing, announcing the spring.)

No Woman's Land

'Intimacy is a four syllable word for “here is my heart and soul, please grind into hamburger and enjoy”. It’s both desired, and feared. Difficult to live with, and impossible to live without. Intimacy also comes attached to the 3 R’s: RELATIVES, ROMANCE and ROOMMATES. There are some things you can’t escape. And other things you just don’t want to know.

I wish there were a rulebook for intimacy.
Some kind of guide to tell you when you’ve crossed the line.
It would be nice if you could see it coming and I don’t know how you could fit it on a map. You take it where you can get it, and keep it as long as you can.
And as for some rules, MAYBE THERE ARE NONE.'

(GA, s01, ep04)