# Quote — Walter Tevis, The Man Who Fell to Earth

> He was, if not happy, too busy to be unhappy.

- Author: [Walter Tevis](https://www.leafyquotes.com/walter-tevis.md)
- Book: [The Man Who Fell to Earth](https://www.leafyquotes.com/walter-tevis/the-man-who-fell-to-earth.md)
- Page: 84
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Walter_Tevis#The_Man_Who_Fell_to_Earth_(1963)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/walter-tevis/the-man-who-fell-to-earth/he-was-if-not

## More from this book

> He thought, looking at the cat, if only you were the intelligent species on this world. And then, smiling wryly, maybe you are.

p. 108 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/walter-tevis/the-man-who-fell-to-earth/he-thought-looking.md)

> “We won’t necessarily become extinct. Disarmament is being negotiated. Not all of us are insane.”
>
> “But most of you are. Enough of you are—it only requires a few insane ones, in the right places.

p. 152 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/walter-tevis/the-man-who-fell-to-earth/we-wont-necessarily.md)

> “I want you to save the world, Mr. Newton.”
>
> Newton’s smile did not change, and his reply was immediate. “Is it worth saving, Nathan?”

p. 212 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/walter-tevis/the-man-who-fell-to-earth/i-want-you.md)