Dr. House Excerpts

Dr. House: Why do you trust me? 
Eve: I do not know 
H: That is not rational 
E; Nothing is rational 
H: Everything is rational 
E: ... 
H: We are selfish, base animals crawling across the earth. But because we have got brains, if we try real hard, we can occasionally aspire to something that is less than pure evil.   
E: Has anything terrible ever happened to you? 
H: What do you want me to say? 
E: You wanted this conversation. You wanted to talk about something that matters. Talk! 

Dr. House tells her about the cruelty he experienced from his grandmother. 

E: What did you call her? 
H: Oma 
E: And you kept calling her that after this? 
H: Dutch, for grandmother. She was still my grandmother, and she was still Dutch. 
E: Is any part of that story true? 
H: All of it. 
E: You would not keep calling her Oma. Something would have to change. 
H: You do not know me. 
E: You would not keep calling her Oma!  
H: Look, you are overreacting.  
E: Do not dismiss me... 
H: I am not dismissing you. I am just saying you are not reacting rationally. 
E: I am angry because you are lying to me.
H: No, you are…
E: What can I do? What the hell can I do that you are not going to dismiss me ...?
H: Nothing
E: Your story, is it true?
H: True for somebody
E: But not for you
H: These things happen. It happened to somebody. What do you care if it happened to me?
E: They are not in this room.
H: No! They are out there: doctors, lawyers, postal workers… some of them doing great, some of them doing lousy. Are you going to base your whole life on who you got stuck in a room with? 
E: I am going to base this moment on who I am stuck in a room with. That is what life is. It is a series of rooms. And who we get stuck in those rooms with, adds up to what our lives are.

- Dr. House, Season 3, Episode 12