“What do you want to do for the rest of your life?”
She looked at him in astonishment.
“I don’t want to be stuck in an office all my life! I’d like to be somebody!”
He laughed heartily and pushed the button for the twentieth floor. The elevator dropped like a stone.
She felt belittled. She felt unwanted. Miranda felt a wistful longing for the old days, when people believed to have the power to zombify a person were widely feared and respected.
Source: New Oxford American Dictionary