I could promise…to hold you, and to cherish you. I can promise to be there in sickness and in health. I could say, ‘til death do us part. But I won’t. Those vows are for optimistic couples. The ones full of hope. And I do not stand here, on my wedding day, optimistic or full of hope.

I am not optimistic. I am not hopeful. I am sure. I am steady. And I know… that I’m a heart man. I take it apart, I put ‘em together, I hold them in my hands. I am a heart man. So this, I am sure: you are my partner, my lover, my very best friend. My heart, my heart, beats for you. And on this day, the day of our wedding, I promise you this: I promise you to lay my heart in the palm of your hands. I promise you me.

— Grey’s Anatomy —
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