Monk and Robot Quotes

“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.”
― Becky Chambers, Monk and Robot

“how does the idea of maybe being meaningless sit well with you?” Mosscap considered. “Because I know that no matter what, I’m wonderful”
― Becky Chambers, Monk and Robot

“You know how it goes, you know where home is and where all your things are, and starting over is too scary.”
― Becky Chambers, Monk and Robot

“Despite their number and close proximity, none of the treetops were touching one another. It was as though someone had taken an eraser and run it clearly through the canopy, transforming each tree into its own small island contained within a definitive border of blue sky. The effect reminded Dex of puzzle pieces laid out on the table, each in their own place yet still unconnected. It wasn't that the trees were unhealthy or their foliage sparse. On the contrary, every tree was lush and full, bursting with green life. Yet somehow, in the absence of contact, they knew exactly where to stop growing outward so that they might give their neighbors space to thrive.”
― Becky Chambers, Monk and Robot

“There's was a strange comfort about being in an unfamiliar town not too far from home, where the familiarity was limited to building materials and social customs. It was the ideal mix of getting away yet not standing out.”
― Becky Chambers, Monk and Robot

“A lasting beauty, born out of brief destruction.”
― Becky Chambers, A Psalm for the Wild-Built / A Prayer for the Crown-Shy

“It is difficult for anyone born and raised in human infrastructure to truly internalize the fact that your view of the world is backward. Even if you fully know that you live in a natural world that existed before you and will continue long after, even if you know that the wilderness is the default state of things, and that nature is not something that only happens in carefully curated enclaves between towns...you will still have trouble picturing an untouched world. You will still struggle to understand that human constructs are carved out and overlaid, that these are the places that are the in-between, not the other way around.”
― Becky Chambers, Monk and Robot

“It’s all right,” Mosscap murmured, its metallic voice thick with respect and sorrow. “I know. It’s not fair. But it’s all right. It’ll be over soon.”
― Becky Chambers, Monk and Robot

“It is enough to live in this world and marvel at it. You don't need to justify that or earn it. You are allowed to just live. That is all most animals do.”
― Becky Chambers, Monk and Robot

“It is difficult for anyone born and raised in human infrastructure to truly internalize the fact that your view of the world is backward.”
― Becky Chambers, A Psalm for the Wild-Built / A Prayer for the Crown-Shy

“Nothing has a purpose. The world simply is … 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.”
― Becky Chambers, A Psalm for the Wild-Built / A Prayer for the Crown-Shy