# Quote — Jeffrey Ford, The Empire of Ice Cream

> “Can you think of anything, my dear Mr. Fell, more intricately complex, more perfectly compact and thoroughly functional than the human eye?”
>
> “No, sir,” said August.
>
> “I thought not,” said Larchcroft. “Consider this, though. Our eyes were created by light. Without the existence of light, we would not have eyes. Over the long course of man’s evolutionarily maturation to his modern condition, light sculpted these magical orbs, making subtle adjustments through the centuries, until now they are capable of the incredible process of sight. This most vital sense, not only a means of self-preservation but the single most important catalyst for culture, is a product of the inherent genius of light.”

- Author: [Jeffrey Ford](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jeffrey-ford.md)
- Book: [The Empire of Ice Cream](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jeffrey-ford/the-empire-of-ice-cream.md)
- Page: 190
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Jeffrey_Ford#The_Empire_of_Ice_Cream_(2006)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/jeffrey-ford/the-empire-of-ice-cream/can-you-think

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> Now I was stuck and could feel the tide of years suddenly beginning to rise around me.

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