The Saucy Wenches Book Club

In a universe of ambiguity,
this kind of certainty comes only
once, and never again,
no matter how many lifetimes you live.
The Bridges of Madison County,
Robert James Waller

Sleeping beside a purring cat is the equivalent of three glasses of wine. Note: I just made that up, but, based on my experience, it seems about right.
~ Mary Pipher, Women Rowing North

Sometimes reality comes crashing down on you. Other times reality simply waits, patiently, for you to run out of the energy it takes to deny it.
~ Taylor Jenkins Reid,  The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

“Why is it,” Jonathan puzzled, “that the hardest thing in the world is to convince a bird that he is free, and that he can prove it for himself if he’d spend a little time practicing? Why should that be so hard?”
~ Richard Bach,
Jonathan Livingston Seagull

There are scars on my heart, just as thick, as disfiguring as those on my face. I know they’re there. I hope some undamaged tissue remains, a patch through which love can come in and flow out. I hope.

~ Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine, Gail Honeyman

“Love is a luxury.”

“No. Love is an element.”

An element. Like air to breathe, earth to stand on.

― Laini Taylor, Daughter of Smoke & Bone