The Saucy Wenches Book Club

“You’re not going to let her do this, are you?” Bones snorted. “Let her? Mate, if you think you can control a woman, you must be single — and a thousand pounds says she beats your arse.” ~ Jeaniene Frost, This Side of the Grave

Her feelings had come like a flower on a tree. A bud, gently forming — and just like that, an undying blossom. ~ Samantha Shannon, The Priory of the Orange Tree

“There’s a Chinese saying. ‘When is the best time to plant a tree? Twenty years ago.’ ” The Chinese engineer smiles. “Good one.” “ ‘When is the next best time? Now.’ ” “Ah! Okay!” The smile turns real. Until today, he has never planted anything. But Now, that next best of times, is long, and rewrites everything. ~ Richard Powers, The Overstory

“After all, everyone’s entitled to be the hero of their own story. So I must be permitted to be the hero of mine. Even though I’m not. I’m the villain.” ~ Alex Michaelides, The Maidens

Granted, she did fly that bookshop into the Serpentine when they told her they didn’t stock any Dickens novels, but that only shows a praiseworthy enthusiasm for literature. ~ India Holton, The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels

“Yeah, people do bad things to each other. And we remember those stories, we remember the pain, but we remember it because it stands out. It’s the blip in the timeline, the thing that doesn’t fit, and that’s because the rest of the timeline, which is our whole lives really, is made of kindness. That’s what’s normal, it’s so normal we don’t even notice it.” ~ Charlotte McConaghy, Once There Were Wolves