# Quote — Harry Turtledove, Beyond the Gap

> Mosquitoes laid eggs in those ponds and then rose in buzzing, biting swarms. Sometimes the clouds of them were thick enough to dim the sun. It was as if the soul of a vampire were reincarnated in a million beings instead of just one.

- 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: 72
- 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/mosquitoes-laid-eggs

## 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)