GARMUS: Lessons in Chemistry

Her demeanor in tough convos

Upon being fired: "It was the way she kept disagreeing-without embarrassment, without melodrama-as if she would have the last say, as if she knew she'd win in the end" (114)

Upon being called into Lebansmal's office: "It was the way she sat in her chair. Like a parent waiting for her child to finish his tantrum" (272)

the average housewife

"You're in the midst of the toughest job in the world. Did your mother never tell you?" (147)

"These are just normal housewives you'll be talking to. Just your average Janes."

"There's nothing average about the average housewife" (202)

"There isn't a woman who is just a housewife" (260)

Men taking women seriously

"Imagine if all men took women seriously" (331)

"She didn't understand why [men] couldn't just treat her as a fellow human being, as a colleague, a friend, an equal, or even a stranger on the street, someone to whom one is automatically respectful until you find out they've buried a bunch of bodies in the backyard" (237)

She doesn't believe in God but...

"But most of all, I believe in you, Edna. Because you made the meal that nourishes your family. Because of you, a new generation flourishes. Because of you, others live" (292)

it's us vs. the problem

"Too many brilliant minds are kept from scientific research thanks to ignorant biases like gender and race. It infuriates me and it should infuriate you. Science has big problems to solve: famine, disease, extinction. And those who purposefully close the door to others using self-serving, outdated cultural notions are not only dishonest, they're knowingly lazy"

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