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Becky Chambers: A Psalm for the Wild-Built (Hardcover, 2021, Tordotcom) 4 stars

It's been centuries since the robots of Panga gained self-awareness and laid down their tools; …

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.

A Psalm for the Wild-Built by  (Monk and Robot, #1) (Page 139)

We do not have to justify to anyone why we are. What we do. It is enough that we are alive. It's equally okay to have or not have a purpose-driven life. You have life. And that is sufficient.