# Quote — Greg Bear, Eon

> “That’s insane,” Lanier said.
>
> “Not very. It’s politics.”

- Author: [Greg Bear](https://www.leafyquotes.com/greg-bear.md)
- Book: [Eon](https://www.leafyquotes.com/greg-bear/eon.md)
- Page: 153
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Greg_Bear#Eon_(1985)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/greg-bear/eon/thats-insane-lanier

## More from this book

> Having one’s eyes opened doesn’t make one grateful.

p. 291 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/greg-bear/eon/having-ones-eyes.md)

> Sometimes I feel like a beetle crawling through a fusion power plant. I can feel a certain amount, see a certain amount, but I sure as hell don’t understand everything.

p. 73 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/greg-bear/eon/sometimes-i-feel.md)

> Grief is not productive. It simply represents an inefficiency in accepting change of status.

p. 263 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/greg-bear/eon/grief-is-not.md)