Life is not like a murder mystery. In mysteries people always do the same thing. Then when some little thing is out of line, some wise-guy amateur de… - Isaac Asimov

All normal life, Peter, consciously or otherwise, resents domination. If the domination is by an inferior, or by a supposed inferior, the resentment becomes stronger. Physically, and, to an extent, mentally, a robot — any robot — is superior to human beings. What makes him slavish, then? Only the First Law! Why, without it, the first order you tried to give a robot would result in your death. Unstable? What do you think?

Lord Dorwin thought the way to be a good archaeologist was to read all the books on the subject — written by men who were dead for centuries.

Though only a robot, he had known the continuity and stability of family life; he had known warmth; he had known love.