“The saddest thing about betrayal is that it never comes from your enemies.” — Unknown.

 “Two possibilities exist: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not. Both of these are equally terrifying.” — Arthur C. Clarke.

By presenting the two possibilities, the renowned fiction author captures the profound and staggering loneliness we would face in the vast and possibly infinite universe.

While it is unsettling to consider that we are alone, on the other hand, it is equally as scary to think that we are not alone and there is someone else out there in the universe, and we know absolutely nothing about them.