“You’re an interesting species. An interesting mix. You’re capable of such beautiful dreams, and such horrible nightmares. You feel so lost, so cut off, so alone, only you’re not. See, in all our searching, the only thing we’ve found that makes the emptiness bearable, is each other.”
Carl Sagan - from his novel Contact
I love cosmic horror, but man, it is kinda blown out, is it not? In this novel, Sagan provides measured optimism. I love it. One of my favorite books.