For those who are interested, it's a screencap of McQueen's study. It's somewhat strange to be as inspired as I am by a character of fiction, but I think that the following quote explains why I've admired his character so much.
Anyone worth a Chig's ass will take responsibility for asking themselves, then answering: who am I, and what's the point? My name is Colonel Tyrus Cassius McQueen, but I know nothing of who I am. The answer, I feel, is near. The defining, perhaps final, moment is close.
Everyone -- everyone in this life knows when The Moment is before them. To turn away is simple. To ignore it assures survival. But it is an insult to life: because there can be no redemption, no second chance. Beyond death, there's nothing: just darkness, and cold.
The instant his existence was confirmed, every action, every breath of my life became horrifyingly clear. He's out there tonight sending our women, our men to that cold dark place, and nothing -- nothing will stop him... until I face The Moment.
(Exposition to Space: Above and Beyond episode 16, "The Angriest Angel." Spoken to the strains of Beethoven's Symphony No. 3, "Eroica.")
In a way, McQueen represents the goal that I set for myself; he represents the foresight, stoicism, compassion and dedication that I strive to develop in myself, even though I admit that this is a goal that I have not yet reached... and will, to the contrary, always need to pursue.
I try to keep that continually in mind: fight for what needs defending, strive for what needs to be achieved. Never lose sight of the humanity, both its strengths and weaknesses, in ourselves and others, and above all, find and become the person that we are meant to be.
With that I think I'll retire for a spell and bathe myself in the sounds of Orff's Trionfi.
