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> [Fiction has to be plausible. All history has to do is happen.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-turtledove/fiction-has-to-be-plausible-all-history-has-to-do-is-happen/)

[Harry Turtledove](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-turtledove/)

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## More by Harry Turtledove

> [“People you don't like are pigheaded. Your friends are stubborn, or hold to their purpose.~Victor Radcliff”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-turtledove/people-you-don-t-like-are-pigheaded-your-friends-are-stubborn-or-hold/)

[Harry Turtledove](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-turtledove/)

> [Plausible development, building from what we know about what really did go on, and a whacking good story… Surrounded by Enemies delivers on both,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-turtledove/plausible-development-building-from-what-we-know-about-what-really/)

[Harry Turtledove](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-turtledove/)

> [I learned by reading an awful lot and by writing a half a million words of stuff nobody would do anything with except wrap…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-turtledove/i-learned-by-reading-an-awful-lot-and-by-writing-a-half-a-million/)

[Harry Turtledove](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-turtledove/)

> [“They were having a good time, an adventure. That was January’s dominant impression of his companions in the 509th; despite all the bitching and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-turtledove/they-were-having-a-good-time-an-adventure-that-was-january-s-dominant/)

[Harry Turtledove](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-turtledove/)

> [“He gathered enthusiasm when he thought of the goal, and not the means by which he had accomplished it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-turtledove/he-gathered-enthusiasm-when-he-thought-of-the-goal-and-not-the-means/)

[Harry Turtledove](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-turtledove/)

> [“Possum soup, all nice and thick with peanuts,”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-turtledove/possum-soup-all-nice-and-thick-with-peanuts/)

[Harry Turtledove](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-turtledove/)

> [Fiction has to be plausible. All history has to do is happen.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-turtledove/fiction-has-to-be-plausible-all-history-has-to-do-is-happen/)

[Harry Turtledove](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-turtledove/)

> [People were as they were, not not as he wished them to be.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-turtledove/people-were-as-they-were-not-not-as-he-wished-them-to-be/)

[Harry Turtledove](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-turtledove/)

> [I'm a social caterpillar. I am not a social butterfly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-turtledove/i-m-a-social-caterpillar-i-am-not-a-social-butterfly/)

[Harry Turtledove](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-turtledove/)

> [“You know what Forrest had the nerve to do?” “Son of a bitch has the nerve to do damn near anything. That's what makes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-turtledove/you-know-what-forrest-had-the-nerve-to-do-son-of-a-bitch-has-the/)

[Harry Turtledove](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-turtledove/)

> [I first tried a novel when I was 14. First finished one when I was 16. First started working on stuff that had a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-turtledove/i-first-tried-a-novel-when-i-was-14-first-finished-one-when-i-was-16/)

[Harry Turtledove](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-turtledove/)

> [“He said, “You misunderstand. We did not kill the nuggies and the other folk hereabouts. They see us, and then they commonly die.” “Of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-turtledove/he-said-you-misunderstand-we-did-not-kill-the-nuggies-and-the-other/)

[Harry Turtledove](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-turtledove/)

> [“Caudell hadn't touched a firearm since he left the army. His hands, he discovered, still knew what to do. The smell of oil and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-turtledove/caudell-hadn-t-touched-a-firearm-since-he-left-the-army-his-hands-he/)

[Harry Turtledove](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-turtledove/)

> [“That anyone would want to be famous still mystified Colin. As TV had trained him to do, he associated the word with divorces and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-turtledove/that-anyone-would-want-to-be-famous-still-mystified-colin-as-tv-had/)

[Harry Turtledove](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-turtledove/)

> [“...all the pools are going batshit like you wouldn't believe… Batshit... It's a technical term... Fleidermausscheisse, okay?" Fleidermausscheisse? Kelly silently mouthed the word, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-turtledove/all-the-pools-are-going-batshit-like-you-wouldn-t-believe-batshit-it/)

[Harry Turtledove](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-turtledove/)

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