Give me the ninety-two elements and I'll give you a universe. Ubiquitous hydrogen. Standoffish helium, Spooky boron. No-nonsense carbon. Promiscuous oxygen. Faithful iron. Mysterious phosphorous. Exotic xenon. Brash tin. Slippery mercury. Heavy-footed lead.

The Soul of The Night, Chapter 7 (p. 65), Prentice-Hall, Inc. 1985