Wedding vows

“I could promise to hold you, and to cherish you.
I could promise to be there in sickness and in health.
I could say till 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.
I am a heart man. I take them apart. I put them back 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 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.”

Preston Burke's wedding vows, Grey's Anatomy