“You’re an animal, Sibling Dex. You are not separate or other. You’re an animal. And animals have no purpose. Nothing has a purpose. The world simply is.”
― A Psalm for the Wild-Built
― A Psalm for the Wild-Built
“We crossed this river then and pulled away, and in the empty fields the lark still spilled praise.”
― To the River: A Journey Beneath the Surface
― To the River: A Journey Beneath the Surface
“We all temporarily inhabit a planet of microbes, and we are guests here. Eventually they will have the planet to themselves again. They have been around before us and will persist long after us. The question is not how to fit them into our worlds, but how we can fit into theirs.”
― Clean: The New Science of Skin
― Clean: The New Science of Skin
“I do not have a purpose any more than a mouse or a slug or a thornbush does. Why do you have to have one in order to feel content?”
― A Psalm for the Wild-Built
― A Psalm for the Wild-Built
“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,” it said. There was nothing arrogant about the statement, nothing flippant or brash. It was merely an acknowledgment, a simple truth shared.”
― A Psalm for the Wild-Built
― A Psalm for the Wild-Built
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