I Skrobonja se suočio sa surovom realnošću da nije sve u ljubavi nego treba od nečeg i da se živi.

Od Asimova valjda izlazi Na rubu Zadužbine ipak.
What if you slept? And what if, in your sleep, you dreamed? And what if, in your dream, you went to heaven and there plucked a strange and beautiful flower? And what if, when you awoke, you had the flower in your hand? Ah, what then?