“I didn’t marry you because you are perfect.
I didn’t even marry you because I loved you.
I married you because you gave me a promise.
That promise made up for your faults.
And the promise I gave you made up for mine.
Two imperfect people got married,
and it was the promise that made the marriage.
And when our children were growing up,
it wasn’t a house that protected them;
and it wasn’t our love that protected them —
it was that promise.”
– Thornton Wilder, The Skin of our Teeth