DEREK: "Can I ask you a personal question? Why did you leave Meredith's mother?"RICHARD: "I could have left Adele. I could have gone away with Ellis. But I would have had so much baggage, so much guilt. Ellis couldn't see it, but I wasn't... I would have never made her happy. Not like she was certain to be happy. I was a better man for walking away. I loved her enough to walk away."
• Season 3, Episode 4: "What I Am" • Rating: 8.5 / 10 • Permalink
RICHARD: "Dr. Sloan?"
MARK: "Dr. Webber!"
RICHARD: "What are you doing in Seattle?"
MARK: [pauses] "I don't know... I have a thing for ferryboats."
• Season 3, Episode 3: "Sometimes a Fantasy" • Rating: 9.1 / 10 • Permalink
RICHARD: "I respect it. I really do. But I can't allow it. Violates all sorts of codes and you know it."
CALLIE: "So you're kicking me out, but you're allowed to live in your office?"
RICHARD: [pauses] "You noticed that, huh."
CALLIE: "I'm pretty observant."
RICHARD: "Well, guess if I'm throwing you out I better follow my own rules."
• Season 3, Episode 2: "I Am a Tree" • Rating: 8.1 / 10 • Permalink
Richard: Adele, I just need more time.
Adele: I don't have any more time to give.
• Season 3, Episode 1: "Time Has Come Today" • Rating: 8.9 / 10 • Permalink
DEREK: "Where is she?"
RICHARD: "You had to be the cowboy..."
DEREK: "Where is she?!"
ADDISON: "Derek! Thank God, you're alive."
ADELE: "That is not the she he was asking for."
• Season 2, Episode 17: "(As We Know It)" • Rating: 9.8 / 10 • Permalink
DEREK: "You realize this requires Meredith's power of attorney."
RICHARD: "I know."
DEREK: "Well, we need to tell her. It's probably better if it comes from you. With me there's baggage. With you, you're just trying to help out a friend."
RICHARD: [pauses] "Right, right."
• Season 2, Episode 13: "Begin the Begin" • Rating: 7.3 / 10 • Permalink
RICHARD: "You're not here to make friends, Addison. You're here to make better surgeons. Being a teacher can be a lonely business."
• Season 2, Episode 11: "Owner of a Lonely Heart" • Rating: 10.0 / 10 • Permalink
PATIENT [before surgery] "Richard... you're a good friend."
RICHARD: "Just shut up and count backwards already."
• Season 1, Episode 3: "Winning a Battle, Losing the War" • Rating: 7.2 / 10 • Permalink
MIRANDA: "You are a surgical junkie. Go home!"
RICHARD: "Adele is already mad. I'm in trouble no matter what ... and there's a wipple happening in OR2."
MIRANDA: "Go home, right now!"
RICHARD: [walking away] "You know this kind of treatment is the reason they call you the Nazi!"
MIRANDA: [smiles] "Happy Thanksgiving."
• Season 2, Episode 9: "Thanks for the Memories" • Rating: 10.0 / 10 • Permalink
MEREDITH: "We have... custody of a penis?"
RICHARD: "Yes. Until the cops come for it."
MEREDITH: "Okay, well, what am I supposed to do with the penis?"
• Season 1, Episode 2: "The First Cut is the Deepest" • Rating: 9.3 / 10 • Permalink
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