Foundation Quotes

You believe Empire killed your family. I know you have come here with that in mind. So, just to say it, if ever you should entertain some fantasy of revenge, please think of them. Your parents. Your siblings. Burnt alive by the very air around them. Killed with the sort of precision I bring to my work.[to Sareth]

Words have a way of fanning into wildfires.

When all the facts fall short of believability, fantasy feels reassuringly solid.

To be alive is to know ghosts. We hear their whispers if we listen.

Martyrs tend to have a long half-life.

A rotten tree trunk appears strong until the storm breaks it in two.

You can’t save yourselves. But you can save your legacy.

You can’t play chess with someone who’s willing to set the board on fire.

When a planet wants you dead, you die.

The human race is an ever-evolving story told over thousands of years by a countless number of voices.

Repeated luck was more than just luck.

Repeated luck is never luck.