The Saucy Wenches Book Club

“Love is crushing. Love is something you let yourself feel at your own peril, despite your better sense.” ~ Lily King, Heart the Lover

“Books ... are mirrors for the soul. So if you catch a glimpse of someone’s soul, you will know the mirror for them.” ~ Matt Haig, The Midnight Train

Once men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would set them free. But that only permitted other men with machines to enslave them. ~ Frank Herbert, Dune

“You want to throw me down. And I, prideful, disdainful, godless, want to drag you into the dirt with me.” ~ Rachel Gillig, The Knight and the Moth

“You’re supposed to yell fire , though. Because no one comes when you yell rape , didn’t you know that, Bunny?” ~ Mona Awad, Bunny

What redemption there is in being loved: we are always our best selves when loved by another. Nothing can replace this. ~ Maggie O’Farrell, Land