Remember, you once said, Lije, that people sometimes mistake their own shortcomings for those of society and want to fix the Cities because they don'… - Isaac Asimov

"Many years later he looked through one of my books and said, "How did you learn all this, Isaac?"
"From you, Pappa", I said.
"From me? I don't know any of this".
"You didn't have to, Pappa", I said. "You valued learning and you taught me to value it. Once I learned to value it, the rest came without trouble.

"Was I sleeping when you came in?" "You were," said Bayta decisively, "and you're not going back to work, either. You're getting into bed."

Why, he wondered, did so many people spend their lives not trying to find answers to questions — not even thinking of questions to begin with? Was there anything more exciting in life than seeking answers?