The Saucy Wenches Book Club

We embrace and I think of all the other men and women who must have sat beside this ancient hearth, sharing their good news. The centuries pass but the hope and optimism that accompanies each new family at its beginning is the same. What else is there in life, really, of such significance? This momentary pause in which everything changes. ~ Clare Leslie Hall, Broken Country

Once we’re comfortable with death, we’ll do a better job with our lives. ~ Ann Patchett, Whistler

“I’m fucked,” he murmured in Russian. “I am so fucking in love and it’s horrible.” ~ Rachel Reid, The Long Game

“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