# Quote — Michael Bishop, A Funeral for the Eyes of Fire

> A rational, humane solution—for Gelvri, as Elgran Vrai, believed rationality and humaneness tautologies, different names for the same thing.

- Author: [Michael Bishop](https://www.leafyquotes.com/michael-bishop.md)
- Book: [A Funeral for the Eyes of Fire](https://www.leafyquotes.com/michael-bishop/a-funeral-for-the-eyes-of-fire.md)
- Page: 266
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Michael_Bishop#A_Funeral_for_the_Eyes_of_Fire_(1975)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/michael-bishop/a-funeral-for-the-eyes-of-fire/a-rational-humane

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> Who but a madman would grapple with mountains?

p. 75 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/michael-bishop/a-funeral-for-the-eyes-of-fire/who-but-a-madman.md)

> But each man who worships you sees only what he wishes to see rather than any mystery you may actually embody.

p. 113 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/michael-bishop/a-funeral-for-the-eyes-of-fire/but-each-man.md)

> Outside the rain continued its cadenced and indifferent commentary.

p. 240 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/michael-bishop/a-funeral-for-the-eyes-of-fire/outside-the-rain.md)