The Saucy Wenches Book Club

And she had lost sight of this, these things worth saving. She had been too concerned with those who deserved to be damned. ~ Hugh Howey, Dust ( Silo #3)

If only there could be an invention that bottled up a memory, like scent. And it never faded, and it never got stale. And then, when one wanted it, the bottle could be uncorked, and it would be like living the moment all over again. ~ Daphne du Maurier, Rebecca

How to stop time: kiss. How to travel in time: read. How to escape time: music. How to feel time: write. How to release time: breathe. ~ Matt Haig, Reasons to Stay Alive

“Because love, at its root, is hope. Hope for tomorrow. Hope for what could be. Hope that the someone you’ve entrusted your everything to will cradle and protect it. And hope? That shit is harder to kill than a dragon.” ~ Rebecca Yarros, Iron Flame

“After a good dinner one can forgive anybody, even one’s own relations.” ~ Oscar Wilde, A Woman of No Importance

“My mother told me we are all like roses. I always thought it means that we opened our petals, took our true form, and gradually withered. But perhaps we never stop growing. If women are flowers, we are not roses, but day’s eyes — blooming not once, but over and over, each time the light touches us.” ~ Samantha Shannon, A Day of Fallen Night

“What I like about you is your attitude. You may be astonishingly stupid, but your outlook on life is so limited it gives you a cheery optimism. Cheers me right up.” ~ Molly McGhee, Jonathan Abernathy You Are Kind

“Do you know how many grand romances would have avoided tragedy if the hero had thought, ‘You know, maybe I should ask her if she likes me first’?” ~ Brandon Sanderson, Tress of the Emerald Sea

The strain of being a full-fledged adult every day had grown tiresome. ~ Suzanne Collins, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes

“Don’t let the best parts of life pass you by because you’re too scared of the unknown.” ~ Mikki Brammer, The Collected Regrets of Clover

Mary, whose longing for precision and clarity extended even into language, thought that there really should be a word for this particular kind of explaining boys did to girls. ~ Daniel Mason, North Woods

“We’ve talked about this,” said Jamie mildly. “Murder can’t be your first choice every time you don’t like something.” ~ Sangu Mandanna, The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches

“Gifts are fragile. You must never entrust yours to people who might break it.” ~ Stephen King, Holly

She felt all-peopled-out after the morning and wanted to go home, close the curtains, and hug a book until her nerves settled. ~ India Holton, The Secret Service of Tea and Treason

“I would rather lose this entire war than live without you, and if that means I have to prove myself over and over, then I’ll do it. You gave me your heart, and I’m keeping it.” ~ Rebecca Yarros, Fourth Wing

“Sounds risky.” I’M A CAT, I CAN HANDLE RISK. WORST-CASE SCENARIO IS I LOSE EVERYTHING AND I STILL GET FED AND HAVE A PLACE TO NAP. “That’s ... a surprisingly chill way of thinking about things.” SOMETIMES IT’S BETTER NOT TO BE A HUMAN, CHARLIE. ~ John Scalzi, Starter Villain

“I pray that my days will be long at your side. Let me fill and satisfy every longing in your soul. May your hand be in mine, by sun and by night. Let our breaths twine and our blood become one, until our bones return to dust. Even then, may I find your soul still sworn to mine.” ~ Rebecca Ross, Divine Rivals

She was young enough to think that drama was something you had to run toward. She had no idea that drama doesn’t need to be chased. It knows exactly where you live. ~ Sarah Addison Allen, Other Birds