35 Callie Torres Quotes from ‘Grey’s Anatomy’s’ Headstrong Surgeon

Callie Torres is a successful doctor and a representative of the LGBTQ+ community who brought queer representation to screens long before it was the norm. Read the medical experts 35 quotes below.

Callie Torres is one of the central characters in the long-running medical drama Grey's Anatomy. She no longer works at Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital, the medical center on which the show focuses.

However, before moving to New York, she was the Orthopedic surgery head at this hospital. Find out more about her by reading these 35 quotes below.

Callie Torres’ quote: "You guys are a freaking romance novel, and I, for one, am rooting for you two.” | Source: youtube.com/ABCNetwork

Callie Torres Quotes about Love

"I choose you to be the one whom I spend my life [with]." — Callie Torres

“I love him. But I don’t want our daughter to have my father for a mother." — Callie Torres

"I like girls. Romantically. Turns out I like girls. Women." — Callie Torres

"We're getting married." — Callie Torres

"You guys are a freaking romance novel, and I, for one, am rooting for you two.” — Callie Torres

Callie Torres’ quote: “I love him. But I don’t want our daughter to have my father for a mother." | Source: youtube.com/ABCNetwork

"The last thirty days have taught me so much. All I wanted when we first came here was to know that we would leave together. But from the minute I sat down, I could feel it; I felt like I was going to be suffocated. The last several weeks I have laughed more, I have done more, enjoyed myself more. And I finally feel free. And by being free, I can see now that constantly trying to fix us is the thing that's been killing me slowly. And I don't want to do it anymore; I don't want to fix it or fix us anymore. Maybe instead of loving you so hard, I should just be myself for a while. I should love me. And you should love you, and together we love Sofia, rather than... I want so much for you Arizona. For both of us. So much more than this. More than being stuck with someone who feels stuck. I want you to feel free too." — Callie Torres

"If you get on that plane without me we are done." — Callie Torres

"Do you know how happy our baby would be?" — Callie Torres

“We have a beautiful life. We have a beautiful daughter. That can be enough, right?” — Callie Torres

Callie Torres Emotional Quotes

Callie Torres’ quote: "What kind of person wishes someone would die?" Source: youtube.com/ABCNetwork

"I'll never forget the look on his wife's face when she came back with that sandwich in her hand." — Callie Torres

"Jesus would be ashamed of you for turning your back on me." — Callie Torres

"What kind of person wishes someone would die?" — Callie Torres

"One more personal disaster right now would cut me off at the knees." — Callie Torres

"Go back to Malawi!" — Callie Torres

Callie Torres’ quote: "Jesus would be ashamed of you for turning your back on me." | Source: youtube.com/ABCNetwork

"My wife is disabled and my baby's father is dead." — Callie Torres

Callie Torres Quotes about Her Viewpoints and Advice

"There comes a point when you have to suck it up and stop whining and start living." — Callie Torres

"Don't give up, you'll be great. Or not. I never was." — Callie Torres

"Never trade sex for scrubbing in; it's just skanky. Save it for when you actually get to cut." — Callie Torres

Callie Torres’ quote: "There comes a point when you have to suck it up and stop whining and start living." | Source: youtube.com/ABCNetwork

"You're the one you want them to come to, not run from." — Callie Torres

"Their hate will destroy the hospital and then the whole planet." — Callie Torres

More Callie Torres Quotes

"The Callie Torres study method has to be earned." — Callie Torres

"I gotta run. Derek's all fix my hand!" — Callie Torres

"I called it." — Callie Torres

Callie Torres’ quote: "I build arms out of nothing…and legs." | Source: youtube.com/ABCNetwork

"Watch out, she's smitten." — Callie Torres

"I'm fine with her having a past; I just didn't know I was working with it." — Callie Torres

"Minister. No, he's not Catholic, but he practices at a very big church. It's old and drafty, you'll like it. It's very churchy." — Callie Torres

"And now I no longer sleep with men!" — Callie Torres

"I was reading a magazine. I know what J.Lo wore to the coffee house, that's what I was doing." — Callie Torres

Callie Torres’ quote: “We have a beautiful life. We have a beautiful daughter. That can be enough, right?” | Source: youtube.com/ABCNetwork

"So, the table is the altar and the lamp is..." — Callie Torres

"That poor handsome fool." — Callie Torres

"The brain is the human body's most mysterious organ. It learns. It changes. It adapts. It tells us what we see, what we hear. It lets us feel love. I think it holds our soul. And no matter how much research we do, no one can really say how all that delicate grey matter inside our skull works. And, when it's hurt, when the human brain is traumatized, well, that's when it gets even more mysterious." — Callie Torres

Callie Torres' quote: “Maybe instead of loving you so hard, I should just be myself for a while. I should love me.” | Source: youtube.com/ABCNetwork

Callie Torres, played by Sara Ramirez, and her partner Arizona Robbins, played by Jessica Capshaw, are praised as the first LGBTQ+ representatives on the show.

Other members of the cast include protagonist Meredith Grey, who is played by Ellen Pompeo, Miranda Bailey, who Chandra Wilson plays and Doctor Derek Shepherd, played by Patrick Dempsey.

Another series that took its LGBTQ+ representation seriously was "Glee," which included many individuals with different sexual preferences and genders.

Learn more about Torres' lover Robbins by reading her 37 quotes.