# Quote — John Scalzi, Redshirts

> “I don’t think it would actually make you happier to be told you were right about this,” he said finally.
>
> “I don’t want to be happy,” Dahl said. “I just want to know.”

- Author: [John Scalzi](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-scalzi.md)
- Book: [Redshirts](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-scalzi/redshirts.md)
- Page: 229
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/John_Scalzi#Redshirts_(2012)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-scalzi/redshirts/i-dont-think

## More from this book

> You don’t win by getting through all your life not having done anything.

p. 292 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-scalzi/redshirts/you-dont-win.md)

> “I have drinks,” Hanson said, coming up behind Duvall.
>
> “Why, Jimmy,” Duvall said. “That makes you my new favorite person.”

p. 23 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-scalzi/redshirts/i-have-drinks.md)

> Who are you and what medications aren’t you taking?

p. 49 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-scalzi/redshirts/who-are-you.md)