Dr. Darell

"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)

He was detecting what we—he and I—knew he would detect—that we were not our own masters. And I didn't want to know! I had my self-respect.

• Second Foundation
  • p. 430 ("The Foundation Trilogy", Easton Press, 2003)

[Dr. Darell] knew that he could live only by fighting that vague and fearful enemy that deprived him of the dignity of manhood by controlling his destiny; that made life a miserable struggle against a foreordained end; that made all the universe a hateful and deadly chess game.

Call it sublimation; he, himself did call it that—but the fight gave meaning to his life.

• Second Foundation
  • p. 453 ("The Foundation Trilogy", Easton Press, 2003)

When can a man know he is not a puppet? How can a man know he is not a puppet?

• Second Foundation
  • p. 505 ("The Foundation Trilogy", Easton Press, 2003)