House M.D. - (3-14) Insensitive

” On the other hand, she says she doesn’t have it. And she’d be dead by now if she’d never been diagnosed.”
“They killed our Lord. Are you going to trust them? She wants to see her mom. If she admits having CIPA she knows we’re not letting her go anywhere without a battery of tests.”

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Blind dates are never a good idea. Only reason to wear a scarf like that is as a beacon to identify you in a crowd. You could have left the scarf at home and just told him you’d be wearing a look of desperation.

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Hannah: “I want to see my mother.”
House: “Hi again. I’m sure I can say this without being condescending, but then you’d get the false impression that I respect you so – you’re a kid, you’re scared, you’re stalling. Grow up.”
” I’m not scared. I’m never scared.”
” See? How juvenile was that? You can’t feel pain. Nothing left but pleasure. Why don’t you tell me how wonderful that is?”
” It sucks.”
” Better than being in pain all the time. Get in the chair.”
” Every morning I have to check my eyes to make sure I didn’t scratch a cornea in my sleep.”
” Oh God, stop. I’m in a pool of tears here.”
” I can’t cry.”
” Neither can I. Every morning I check my eyes for jaundice in case the Vicodin’s finally shot my liver.”
” I can’t run anywhere without examining all my toes for swelling.
House: I can’t run.”
” Boys can’t hold me for too long because I can overheat.”
” Girls can’t hold me for too long because I only pay for an hour.”
” I need an alarm on my watch to remind me to go to the bathroom. You know how many humiliating experiences before I thought of that.”
“The bathroom’s 50 feet from my office. Every drink of water I weigh the pros and cons”
“After everything I do, I self-check: Mouth, tongue, gums for cuts. Count teeth, check temperature. Fingers, toes and joints for swelling, skin for bruises.”
“I got shot.”

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Don: ” So, what does a dean of medicine do?”
Cuddy: ” Oh, can we please not talk about that. I will talk about anything else, but I’m just trying to get away from work.”
” Metaphorically. Because, geographically the coffee place around the corner from the hospital probably isn’t the furthest you could get.”
” Well the snow.”
” Roads are clearing. But it’s a good place to beat a retreat from. Do you usually expect your dates to go wrong?”
” Experience has taught me to have an escape route.”
” Well, low expectations, that’s in my favor.”
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House: ” I had to bring the file. This is the most noncommittal location within walking distance. You left your car keys on your desk. (turns to Don. Loudly) Greg House. You two must have met online. Either that or you’ve got a friend who secretly hates you.”
” Uh, Don Herrick. Yeah, we connected through singleballroomdancelovers.com.”
“Why would he volunteer that information?”
” Why would I hide it?”
” You didn’t tell him that anything he said will be held against you? …. He seems a lot nicer than that one from Wicca needs a daddy figure dot com.”

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Cameron: ” Past 3 a.m. on Valentine’s Day night. I assume you had a date with Wendy.”
Foreman: ” She’ll survive. She knows the deal.”
” You’re lucky.”
” I know.”
” Someday, when there’s time, I would like to actually have a social life.”
” Someday? Come on. If there’s one thing a good-looking woman can have whenever she wants, it’s a social life.”
” You mean a sex life.”
” There’s nothing wrong with a little companionship ’til the real thing comes along.”
” I had the real thing. Forgive me if I don’t want to settle.”
” Right.”
” What does that mean?”
” Nothing.”
” You think I didn’t have the real thing?”
” I have no idea what you had.”
” And yet you’re judging it.”
” It’s late. I’m cranky. Sorry.”
” I didn’t have the real thing. How could you even know?”
” You married a dying man. You thought six months, a year, it’ll be tough. But then I’ll recover and I’ll have the rest of my life. It’s like willingly getting the flu or joining the Peace Corps. Short term.”
” Wow, you nailed it. It was basically like a wasted weekend.”
” The sacrifices you made were huge. But they were at the height of your love for him. Commitment is only commitment because it has no expiration date. You stand next to someone and watch them floss for 30 years like my parents have, then ask for sacrifices. That’s how you know the real thing. Cameron, I wasn’t criticizing you. People who avoid commitment are people who know what a big thing it is.”

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Wendy: ” You haven’t gone home.”
Foreman: ” Sorry I screwed up Valentine’s Day.”
” I’m dating a doctor. I’d be an idiot to expect anything else.”
“I did get you a gift. MGH – best teaching hospital in Boston. Wanna be a nurse practitioner, that’s as good as it gets.I made a few calls and, you’re in if you want in.”
” This is why you’ve been helping me get my surgical hours for accreditation.”
” I thought you wanted…”
” Stupid. You’ve got ten feet of personal space around you. I step forward, you step back.”
” I’ve shared a lot of things with you.”
” Which is why you’re breaking up with me. You can’t stand to be close.”
” Wendy, you think I’ll stay with you because you’re angry with me?”
” I’m upset. Because I care. Only you’d expect an argument to be rational. You and that ass boss of yours.”