yen

“Do you not find consciousness alone to be the most exhilarating thing? Here we are, in this incomprehensibly large universe, on this one tiny moon around this one incidental planet, and in all the time this entire scenario has existed, every component has been recycled over and over and over again into infinitely incredible configurations, and sometimes, those configurations are special enough to be able to see the world around them. You and I—we’re just atoms that arranged themselves the right way, and we can understand that about ourselves. Is that not amazing?”
― Becky Chambers, A Psalm for the Wild-Built

“....We're machines, and machines are objects. Objects are its."

"I'd say you're more than just an object," Dex said.

The robot looked a touch offended. "I would never call you just an animal, Sibling Dex." It turned its gaze to the road, head held high. "We don't have to fall into the same category to be of equal value.”
― Becky Chambers, A Psalm for the Wild-Built

“I’ve
plagiarized my life
to give you the best
of me”
― Ocean Vuong, Time Is a Mother

“the system fails us again and again and creates the illusion that we are the ones who are failing”
― Mimi Zhu, Be Not Afraid of Love: Lessons on Fear, Intimacy, and Connection