Cristina, I could promise to hold you and to cherish you. I could promise to be there in sickness and in health. I could say til death do us part, but I wont.
Those vows are for optimistic couples, the ones full of hope, and I don't 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 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.
-Dr Burke Grey's anatomy.