Dr. Eric Foreman: Look, a few weeks ago, you were upset that I didn't consider you a friend. Now you're upset that I'm happy?Dr. Allison Cameron: What can I say? Apparently I'm a bitch.
Dr. James Wilson: You're just like any other patient. Running away from knowledge that won't make you happy.Dr. Gregory House: I'm as happy as a pig in poop.Dr. James Wilson: You're scared the ketamine treatment's wearing off. That it was just a... torturous window to the good life.Dr. Gregory House: What part of "poop" didn't you understand?
Maternal instinct is always irrational. Doesn't mean it's wrong.
It's a basic truth of the human condition, that everybody lies. The only variable is about what. The weird thing about telling someone they're dying is that, it tends to focus their priorities. Find out what matters to them. What they're willing to die for... What they're willing to lie for.