A Psalm for the Wild-Built (Monk & Robot, #1)

by Becky Chambers

“It’s pretty here,” Dex said.

“It is. Dying things often are.”

“I think there’s something beautiful about being lucky enough to witness a thing on its way out.”

You keep asking why your work is not enough, and I don’t know how to answer that, because it is enough to exist in the world and marvel at it. You don’t need to justify that, or earn it. You are allowed to just live.

“Then how,” Dex said, “how does the idea of maybe being meaningless sit well with you?” Mosscap considered. “Because I know that no matter what, I’m wonderful,”