Carl Sagan expressed that thought, and I've always loved it:  that the very hydrogen that makes the water in your body is the same as the hydrogen that turns to helium to make the stars shine.  The calcium in your bones, the iron in your blood, the carbon in your body's proteins, all came into existence in the hearts of dying red giant stars.  We're made out of the same material as stars.  We are the universe, looking at the universe and wondering how it works and how it came to be.

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Cactus Wren, in the deserts of Far Harad

"Strength is not like standing bravely, not afraid and laughing at bad things. No, strength is standing up, trembling inside and staying on your feet when you feel you must collapse and cry."  -- Sylvia Stevens

(Am I the only person who wants to scoop up Sean Bean's voice and lick it off a spoon like chocolate sauce?)