# Quote — Harry Turtledove, Beyond the Gap

> “Mammoths make me believe in God,” Trasimund said… “How could mammoths make themselves? God had to do it.”
>
> “You could say the same thing about mosquitoes.” Eyvind Torfinn punctuated the observation by slapping. “You could even say God liked mosquitoes better than mammoths, because he made so many more of them.”

- 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: 150
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/harry-turtledove/beyond-the-gap/mammoths-make-me-believe

## 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)