"i could promise to hold you, and to cherish you. i could promise to be there in sickness and in health. i could say to 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 them apart, 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 to lay my heart in the palm of your hands -
i promise you me."

- grey's anatomy