An individual life is one thread in the tapestry and what is one thread compared to the whole? - Isaac Asimov

It does not actually take much to rouse resentment and latent fear of women in any man.

Many years later he looked through one of my books and said,

Trantor becomes more specialized, it becomes more vulnerable, less able to defend itself. Further, as it becomes more and more the administrative centre of Empire, it becomes a greater prize. As the Imperial succession becomes more and more uncertain, and the feuds among the great families more rampant, social responsibility disappears.