Grey's Anatomy

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Moments. That’s all you get with the people you love.
— Denny
A cracked hand mirror leans against a red boxing glove on dark cloth.
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Mistakes are painful, but they’re the only way to find out who you really are.
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Errors hurt, yet the speaker sees them as the only route to discovering your true character.

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An ornate standing mirror reflects an empty upholstered chair in a quiet violet-gray room.
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No man defines who you are.
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The line rejects the idea that a man has the authority to determine another person’s identity.

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Two sculpted hands reach toward each other with a small warm glow between their fingertips against a dark blue background.
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On a day like this, a day when so many prayers are answered and so many aren’t, we take our miracles where we find them, we close the gap, and against all odds, against all logic, we touch.
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On a day when some prayers are answered and many are not, the speaker says we accept whatever miracles we can find and reach across the distance to touch, defying the odds.

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Two sculpted hands reach toward each other with a small warm glow between their fingertips against a dark blue background.
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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.
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Only rarely do people pleasantly surprise you, and now and then someone may even leave you breathless.

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A cracked white bowl repaired with gold seams holds a small green sprig.
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Sometimes you have to do the wrong thing, sometimes you have to make a big mistake to make things right.
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The speaker argues that putting things right sometimes requires a wrong turn or a serious mistake first.

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