I like to imagine that the world is one big machine. You know, machines never have any extra parts. They have the exact number and types of parts they need. So I figure if the entire world is a big machine, I have to be here for some reason, too.
Brian Selznick, The Invention of Hugo Cabret

In a 2008 interview with TIME magazine, astrophysicist Dr. Neil DeGrasse Tyson was asked, “What is the most astounding fact you can share with us about the Universe?” This was his response.

The fact that we are all human beings is infinitely more important than all the peculiarities that distinguish humans from one another.
Simone de Beauvoir