"You should know, Doctor Cameron, that I can hear the rhythm of your heart beating. It's only fair to tell you that." Actually, it was completely unfair. If she knew, then she would always think of it when he was near. "You should calm down before you give yourself a heart attack. It sped up when I spoke of cooking. I am not interested in killing you. Or eating you. Or harming you. I'm interested in knowing how you work. Seeing if you indeed get 'too close' or if you get close enough to make a difference in the lives of patients. House may be callous, but he wasn't unfair. At least not to me. He might have been gruff, but the things he said were honest. I can take from that the idea that his summation of you was true. But was it biased by his feelings toward you? Did he care for you more than he let on? It's possible. Thus I cannot take his word blindly."
He leaned back again. "I don't take death lightly, but I don't expect you to get weepy over every person who comes through here and doesn't make it. This is what I mean by what I said. You can become attached, but if you cannot eventually accept that it happened and let it go, then we're going to have an issue. If you see every death as a personal slight against your abilities as a doctor, we're going to have an issue. You must learn from your mistakes if you make them. This is the one thing I must insist upon if you are to remain working with me. Try as hard as you can to save somebody, but if it doesn't work, then it has to pass. Truly pass. It cannot eat away at you from the inside, that's how further mistakes are made. See what went wrong, and use it to correct yourself in the future. I must have an acknowledgment that you understand this concept and you can put it into practice. We are here and sworn to help, but we are not magical."