# Quote — Isaac Asimov, Forward the Foundation

> Seldon found himself raging at the passage of time.

- Author: [Isaac Asimov](https://www.leafyquotes.com/isaac-asimov.md)
- Book: [Forward the Foundation](https://www.leafyquotes.com/isaac-asimov/forward-the-foundation.md)
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Isaac_Asimov#Forward_the_Foundation_(1993)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Topics: [time](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/time.md), [transience](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/transience.md)
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/isaac-asimov/forward-the-foundation/seldon-found-himself

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> This - this - was my life's work. My past - humanity's future. Foundation. So beatiful. So alive. And nothing can...Dors!

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> Riots! What do I care about riots now? - What do I care about anything now?

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