Zoë

“I want money and a house with a pool and a partner who loves me and my own lab filled with only the most brilliant and strong women. I want a dog and a Nobel Prize and to find a cure to addiction and depression and everything else that ails us. I want everything and I want to want less.”
― Yaa Gyasi, Transcendent Kingdom

“I didn’t think to mention that if he wanted more women in leadership roles, perhaps we should start by hiring more women. I didn’t note that even if we did hire more women, there were elements of our office culture that women might find uncomfortable. Instead, I told him I would do whatever he needed.”
― Anna Wiener, Uncanny Valley

“I think we're made out of stardust and God made the stars," I said. I blew and yellow dust flew into the air, into Anne's hair, and she looked at me like I was crazy, and she saw me.”
― Yaa Gyasi, Transcendent Kingdom

“Instead of being an artificial intelligence, I was an intelligent artifice, an empathetic text snippet or a warm voice giving instructions, listening comfortingly.”
― Anna Wiener, Uncanny Valley