Why people get married?

Mrs. Clark (by Susan Sarandon) on why people get married~

Mrs. Clark: All these promises that we make and we break, why is this do you think, that people get married?

Mr. Devine: Passion.

Mrs. Clark: No.

Mr. Devine: Interesting. Cause i would have taken you for a romantic. why then?

Mrs. Clark:

Because we need a witness to our lives.

There's a billion people on the planet...

i mean what does any one life really mean?

but in a marriage,

you are promising to care about everything,

the good things,

the bad things,

the terrible things,

the mundane things,

all of it,

all the time,

everyday.

you are saying:

your life will not go unnoticed because i'll notice it,

your life will not go unwitnessed because i will be your witness.