Grey's Anatomy is one of my favorite shows. Picking out just a few of my favorite quotes from this show is extremely difficult. But here are 11 different quotes that have changed my life and tugged at my heart while watching all 13 seasons.

1. “There don’t have to be harps playing or birds singing or pose petals falling from the sky… And there are definitely days when the romance is dead. But if you look around, things are pretty amazing. So stop for a second. Enjoy the beauty. Feel the magic. Drink it in. ‘Cause it won’t last forever. The romance will fade. Things will happen. People will change. Love will die. But… maybe not today.” - Meredith Grey

2. "Don't let what he wants eclipse what you need. He's very dreamy, but he's not the sun. You are.”- Christina Yang

3. “It’s good to be scared. It means you still have something to lose.” –Richard Webber

4. “There’s a reason I said I’d be happy alone. It wasn’t because I thought I’d be happy alone. It was because I thought that if I loved someone and then it fell apart, I might not make it. It’s easier to be alone. Because what if you learn that you need love and then you don’t have it? What if you like it and lean on it? What if you shape your life around it and then it falls apart? Can you even survive that kind of pain? Losing love is like organ damage. It’s like dying. The only difference is, death ends. This? It could go on forever.” –Meredith Grey

5. "If you want crappy things to stop happening to you, then stop accepting crap and start demanding more.” - Christina Yang

6. "You didn't love her! You just didn't want to be alone. Or maybe, maybe she was good for your ego. Or maybe she made you feel better about your miserable life, but you didn't love her, because you don't destroy the person that you love." - Calie Torres

7. “I don’t know why we all hang on to something we know we’re better off letting go. It’s like were scared to lose what we don’t even really have. Some of us say we’d rather have that something than absolutely nothing, but the truth is, to have it halfway is harder than not having it at all.” – Meredith Grey

8. “You were like coming up for fresh air. It’s like I was drowning and you saved me.”- Derek Shepherd

9. “We do our very best, but sometimes it's just not good enough. We buckle our seat belts, we wear a helmet, we stick to the lighted paths, we try to be safe. We try so hard to protect ourselves, but it doesn't make a damn bit of difference. Cause when the bad things come, they come out of nowhere. The bad things come suddenly, with no warning. But we forget that sometimes that's how the good things come too.” – Meredith Grey

10. “If you love someone, you tell them. Even if you’re scared that it’s not the right thing. Even if you’re scared that it’ll cause problems. Even if you’re scared that burn your life to the ground, you say it, and you go from there.” – Mark Sloan

11. “Just when we think we've figured things out, the universe throws us a curve ball. So we have to improvise. We find happiness in unexpected places. We find our way back to the things that matter the most. The universe is funny that way, sometimes it just has a way of making sure we wind up exactly where we belong.” –Meredith Grey

12. “Derek, I love you, in a really, really big pretend-to-like-your-taste-in-music, let-you-eat-the-last-piece-of-cheesecake, hold-the-radio-over-my-head-outside-your-window, unfortunate way that makes me hate you, love you. So pick me, choose me, love me.” – Meredith Grey