I like your words about the sense of wonder! I would never be able to identify this but I feel it is right! I would say that there must be more from the universe that makes us wonder...
I like Mark Twain,,,Life on the Mississippi reminds me of an old biographical film with Frederick March, where S.L. Clemens comes to and leaves our world with the Halley´s Comet...and the singing "mark twain"...
At present I am experiencing one of my personal wonders - a Moon eclipse is about to start!