“We are made of star stuff. We are the mechanism by which the universe can comprehend itself. The world is so exquisite with so much love and moral depth. We should remain grateful every day for the brief but magnificent opportunity that life provides. The sum of all our evolution, our thinking, and our accomplishments is love.

Every one of us is, in the cosmic perspective, precious. In a hundred billion galaxies, you will not find another. Every single moment that you are alive and you are together is miraculous.

We are beneficiaries of chance. Pure chance was so generous and kind for you to find one another. For you to be together. The way you treat one another, the way you take care of each other. You saw each other. You found each other in the cosmos, and that was wonderful.

In the vastness of space and the immensity of time, it is a joy to share a planet and an epoch together as partners."

- Cosmic Love, a reading inspired by quotes of Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan