Arcadia "Arkady" Darell

"And just how," he asked, "did you know it was I he expected[?]"

"Well, who else could it be? He was expecting somebody in so secrety a way, if you know what I mean—and then you come gumping around trying to sneak through windows, instead of walking through the front door the way you would if you had any sense." She remembered a favorite line, and used it promptly. "Men are so stupid!"

• Second Foundation
  • p. 413 ("The Foundation Trilogy", Easton Press, 2003)

"And now Arkady, would you be a good little girl and call your father?"

Arcadia bridled. "I'm not a little girl. I think you're very rude—especially when you're asking a favor."

Pelleas Anthor sighed. "Very well. Would you be a good, kind, dear, little old lady, and call your father?"

• Second Foundation
  • p. 414 ("The Foundation Trilogy", Easton Press, 2003)

"Why do you think it is stupid to go to windows instead of to doors?"

"Because you advertise what you're trying to hide, silly. If I have a secret, I don't put tape over my mouth and let everyone know I have a secret. I talk just as much as usual, only about something else. Didn't you ever read any of the sayings of Salvor Hardin? He was our first Mayor, you know."

"Yes, I know."

"Well, he used to say that only a lie that wasn't ashamed of itself could possibly succeed. He also said that nothing had to be true, but everything had to sound true. Well, when you come in through a window, it's a lie that's ashamed of itself and it doesn't sound true."

"Then what would you have done?"

"If I had wanted to see my father on top secret business, I would have made his acquaintance openly and seen him about all sorts of strictly legitimate things. And then when everyone knew all about you and connected you with my father as a matter of course, you could be as top secret as you want and nobody would ever think of questioning it."

• Second Foundation
  • pp. 415-416 ("The Foundation Trilogy", Easton Press, 2003)

"We have only to attract the attention of the enemy to be ruined; and the best way to attract that attention is to assume a false and theatrical security."

(Hah, thought Arcadia, bending over the voices coming—a bit screechily—out of the little box.)

• Second Foundation
  • pp. 426-427 ("The Foundation Trilogy", Easton Press, 2003)

[Arcadia] was quite happy about the trip. Uncle Homir didn't the least mind listening to her and it made conversation so much more pleasant when you could talk to a really intelligent person who was serious about what you said.

• Second Foundation
  • p. 441 ("The Foundation Trilogy", Easton Press, 2003)

"Wouldn't you rather read a history where they skipped the silly, tragic parts?"

"Yes, I would," Munn assured her, gravely. "But it wouldn't be a fair history, would it, Arkady? You'd never get academic respect, unless you gave the whole story."

"Oh, poof. Who cares about academic respect?" She found him delightful. He hadn't missed calling her Arkady for days. "My novels are going to be interesting and are going to sell and be famous. What's the use of writing books unless you sell them and become well-known? I don't want just some old professors to know me. It's got to be everybody."

Her eyes darkened with pleasure at the thought and she wriggled into a more comfortable position.

• Second Foundation
  • p. 442 ("The Foundation Trilogy", Easton Press, 2003)

It made her furious. In similar situations in the book-films and the videos, the hero foresaw the conclusion, was prepared for it when it came, and she—she just sat there. Anything could happen. Anything! And she just sat there.

• Second Foundation
  • p. 455 ("The Foundation Trilogy", Easton Press, 2003)