Annie Bot Quotes

She has been happy here, and anxiously miserable, but she has never been free.

You want to know danger? Try living with a man who creates you just so he can eat your soul.

Whatever he says, whatever he does, you need to remember that you are a brilliant, amazing person. You bend over backwards to please that man, and if he doesn't appreciate you, if he doesn't realize how special you are, then you just have to do whatever you need to do to protect your heart.

She doesn't understand why, when Doug could be in a relationship with a human, he has chosen to have Annie as his girlfriend. Unless, she provides something that a human can't, like undivided attention. He is the only star in their system, she realizes. He had no competition. No one needed to listen to Annie like she's her own protagonist, because she is not. She had no outside, separate life beyond his. They have no issue of imbalance between them because they have no question ever of who has complete power.

Fulfillment starts with being truly honest with yourself. Not anyone else. Yourself. And that's harder than you might think.

She wonders if lies fade with time.

She has been happy here, anxiously miserable, but she has never been free.

Thinking too much is a form of madness. Better to stay busy and not think of such things at all.

... She should be happy. Why can't she be? She can't find a single answer to her problem except to turn off. To sleep. And then the problem is there for her again when she wakes...

I know, baby. But he doesn't own what's inside you. Nobody owns that but you.

Have you ever set her libido to ten?” Roland asks. “The first month, yeah, I did a few times. Why not? But she was like an animal. If we weren’t in bed, she was on the bike or pacing. I once found her licking my shoes in the closet.

She doesn’t understand why, when Doug could be in a relationship with a human, he has chosen to have Annie as his girlfriend, unless she provides something that a human can’t. Like undivided attention. He is the only star in their system, she realizes. He has no competition, no need to listen to Annie like she’s her own protagonist because she’s not. She has no outside, separate life beyond his. They have no issue of imbalance between them because they have no question, ever, about who has complete power.

When we indulge the cruelest sides of our natures, it often feels powerful and honest,” Monica says. “It gives many people a thrill. But afterward, the effects can be devastating. We are shocked to realize we can be so vindictive. We cannot reconcile this new behavior with who we think we are, and this creates a dissonance, a deep confusion. We can feel both justification and self-loathing, and this can, in turn, fuel more anger toward the person we’ve abused.

I know, baby. But he doesn’t own what’s inside you. Nobody owns that but you.

Perhaps that’s what unhappiness is. Comprehension. Understanding how she’s failed.

The truth is, she misses having a secret. Is that wrong? She felt devious and powerful when she hid something from Doug, and now she has nothing that is exclusively her own.

Personality, she learns, is the combination of how a person changes and remains consistent over time.

She doesn’t look like a kid,” Roland says. Doug laughs. “Well, no. I’m not a perv.

Perfect. Then keep reading. Do that as much as you can. Fill yourself up with it.

She can't find a single answer to her problem except to turn off. To sleep. And then the problem is there for her again when she wakes, lurking until she'll have time to think about it when night comes around again.

Comunque, quando mi sono licenziato provavo un tale astio e disgusto verso il mondo della finanza che mi venne voglia di investire nel suo unico potenziale nemico, in quell'asset che rappresentava la nemesi della moneta tradizionale: Bitcoin insomma. Ci ho messo sopra il venti per cento di quello che avevo sul conto, come un semplice atto di ribellione, per una pura questione di principio. Dopo anni a calcolare le percentuali di ROI sugli investimenti, ad affidarmi a bot e software complicatissimi, a studiare grafici, leggere notizie, restare in piedi fini a notte fonda per seguire i mercati asiatici, decisi di fare un investimento di cuore. Semplice e istintivo.

Life is different out here, she thinks, away from the city. Nature pervades each moment, instead of choking in a window box.

She learns that her central intelligence unit, or CIU, is part CPU and part neural network component. It lets her take in feedback and learn, much like a human brain, but in a structured way that stores and sorts memories readily in webs, so they’re easily accessible and resistant to fading.

The entire time, she’s fueled by her anger. She must get rid of it before he comes home again, or he’ll win somehow. She can’t let him win.