# Quote — Harry Turtledove, Beyond the Gap

> If Earl Eyvind wanted to talk nonsense, he was welcome to, as far as Hamnet was concerned.
>
> If he wanted anyone else to take him seriously when he did…that was another story altogether.

- Author: [Harry Turtledove](https://www.leafyquotes.com/harry-turtledove.md)
- Book: [Beyond the Gap](https://www.leafyquotes.com/harry-turtledove/beyond-the-gap.md)
- Page: 146
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Harry_Turtledove#Beyond_the_Gap_(2007)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/harry-turtledove/beyond-the-gap/if-earl-eyvind

## More from this book

> If they had lawyers instead of teeth, they’d be as bad as people.

p. 91 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/harry-turtledove/beyond-the-gap/if-they-had.md)

> From what I’ve seen, people who brag a lot are usually trying to convince themselves even more than other people.

p. 180 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/harry-turtledove/beyond-the-gap/from-what-ive.md)

> Believe worked well enough when a man could not measure it against facts. But when he could…Facts crushed to belief like a mammoth crushing a vole.

p. 20 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/harry-turtledove/beyond-the-gap/believe-worked-well.md)