CHARACTERS I LOVE — Gemma Teller

“Bad shit happens to greedy whores.”

CHARACTERS I LOVE — Tara Knowles

“We don’t know who we are until we’re connected to someone else. We’re just better human beings when with the person we’re supposed to be with. I wasn’t supposed to leave… I belong here.”

CHARACTERS I LOVE — Lexie Grey

“I wore a diaper yesterday, yes - and I will wear one today. If it helps Dr. Shepherd get through the surgery, I will wear a diaper. My diaper is awesome. My diaper is hard-core. You wish you had the balls to wear my diaper. I’m gonna wear it, and I’m gonna wear it with pride. And if I have to pee in it? Oh, I’ll pee. Because I am a surgeon. This is America. And I will do what needs to be done. So you can kiss my hard-core, diaper wearing ass.”

CHARACTERS I LOVE — Jax Teller

“I’m an okay mechanic with a GED. The only thing I do well is outlaw.”

CHARACTERS I LOVE — Matt Saracen

“You don’t have to worry about me, in a fight I just kinda stand in the back and just yell stuff.”

CHARACTERS I LOVE — Tami Taylor

“It’s part of my job to make sure that you don’t grow up stupid. It’s bad for the world.”

CHARACTERS I LOVE — Eric Taylor

“Every man at some point in his life is gonna lose a battle. He’s gonna fight and he’s gonna lose. But what makes him a man is that in the midst of that battle, he does not lose himself.”

CHARACTERS I LOVE — Tim Riggins

“If I ever so much as see you look at this kid the wrong way, I’m gonna find you, and I’m gonna punch a hole in your chest and rip your heart out.”

CHARACTERS I LOVE — Jason Street

“Every night when I go to sleep, I dream that I can walk again. And every morning, I wake up, and I have to accept it all over again. And then you walk in here, all smiles, acting like nothing’s wrong. And it’s killing me!”

CHARACTERS I LOVE — Julie Taylor

“I’ve been moving around my entire life, and for the first time… it just felt like I was at home. And I know going to Austin and being some college football coach is your dream. But I have dreams too… and they’re coming true right here.”

CHARACTERS I LOVE — Tyra Collette

“Two years ago, I was afraid of wanting anything. I figured wanting would lead to trying and trying would lead to failure. But now I find I can’t stop wanting. I want to fly somewhere on first class. I want to travel to Europe on a business trip. I want to get invited to the White House. I want to learn about the world. I want to surprise myself. I want to be important. I want to be the best person I can be. I want to define myself instead of having others define me. I want to win and have people be happy for me. I want to lose and get over it. I want to not be afraid of the unknown. I want to grow up and be generous and big hearted, the way people have been with me. I want an interesting and surprising life. It’s not that I think I’m going to get all these things, I just want the possibility of getting them. College represents possibility. The possibility that things are going to change. I can’t wait.”

CHARACTERS I LOVE —Bevin Mirskey

“I know people think I’m stupid, but I’m not dumb. I just let you and the other girls have your way because that’s how you need it to be. But I think Carl’s right, pretty soon we’re all going to graduate and I can start over. But it’ll be harder for the people who need this place to make themselves feel special. People who use high school to build themselves up and then find out that the real world doesn’t care so much about who you were in high school. People like you.”