These Grey's Anatomy Quotes Are So Romantic, They Can Basically Double as Wedding Vows

"I could promise to hold you and to cherish you. I could promise to be 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 that I am a heart man. So of 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."

— Preston Burke, season 3, episode 25

"The only time I don't feel like a ghost is when you look at me, because when you look at me, you see me. You see me. This is me."

— Owen Hunt, season 5, episode 15

"I'm with you. I'm with you because I want to be — I'm with you because I love you.”

— Owen Hunt, season 6, episode 10

"I can be a better man. I can be a better man for you. I hope, you know, if you'll let me. I can be a better man with you."

— Owen Hunt, season 5, episode 24

"Maybe I do believe it, all this 'meant to be' stuff. Why not believe it, really? Who doesn’t want more romance in their life? Maybe it's just up to us to make it happen. To show up and be meant for each other."

— Meredith Grey, season 9, episode 7

"It can be scary to find out you've been wrong about something. But we can't be afraid to change our minds, to accept that things are different, that they'll never be the same, for better or for worse. We have to be willing to give up what we used to believe. The more we're willing to accept what is and is not what we thought, we'll find ourselves exactly where we belong."

— Meredith Grey, season 9, episode 6

"Did you say it? 'I love you. I don't ever want to live without you. You changed my life.' Did you say it? Make a plan? Set a goal? Work toward it? But every now and then, drink it in. Cause this is it."

— Meredith Grey, season 5, episode 24

"Today's the day my life begins. All my life I've been just me, just a smart-mouthed kid. Today I become a man. Today I become a husband. Today I become accountable to someone other than myself. Today I become accountable to you, to our future, to all the possibilities that our marriage has to offer. Together, no matter what happens, I'll be ready for anything, for everything . . . to take on life, to take on love, to take on possibility and responsibility. Today, our life together begins, and I, for one, can't wait."

— Alex Karev, season 5, episode 22

"If there's a crisis, you don't freeze, you move forward. You get the rest of us to move forward because you've seen worse, you've survived worse, and you know we'll survive too. You say you're all dark and twisty. That's not a flaw; that's a strength. It makes you who you are. I love you and I want to spend the rest of my life with you."

— Derek Shepherd, season 5, episode 19

"I love you. I've always been in love with you. We're gonna have the best life, you and me. We're gonna be so happy. We're supposed to end up together. We're meant to be. I love you."

— Mark Sloan, season 8, episode 24

"You. You're everything. I love you, and I'm not going to stop loving you. I can't live without you. I don't want to live without you, and I'm going to do everything in my power to prove it."

— Derek Shepherd, season 11, episode 17

"I love you, in a really really big, pretend to like your taste in music, let you eat the last piece of cheesecake, hold a radio over my head outside your window, unfortunate way that makes me hate you, love you."

— Meredith Grey, season 2, episode 5

"[We vow] to love each other, even when we hate each other. No running, ever. Nobody walks out, no matter what happens. We'll take care of each other even when we're old and smelly and senile. This is forever."

— Derek Shepherd and Meredith Grey, season 5, episode 24

"I love you. I always have. I love everything about you. Even the things I don't like, I love. And I want you with me. I love you."

— Jackson Avery, season 10, episode 12