# Quote — Greg Egan, Distress

> Would I have been happier? Maybe. But then, happiness was overrated.

- Author: [Greg Egan](https://www.leafyquotes.com/greg-egan.md)
- Book: [Distress](https://www.leafyquotes.com/greg-egan/distress.md)
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Greg_Egan#Distress_(1995)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/greg-egan/distress/would-i-have

## More from this book

> Screw every known human culture.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/greg-egan/distress/screw-every-known.md)

> "The truth is whatever you can get away with."
>
> "No, that’s journalism. The truth is whatever you can’t escape."

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/greg-egan/distress/the-truth-is-whatever.md)

> "All right. He's dead. Go ahead and talk to him."

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/greg-egan/distress/all-right-hes.md)