The Saucy Wenches Book Club

For decades I had been sleepwalking through my life; I’d chosen basically nothing that hadn’t already been chosen for me; I’d spoken with others’ words in my mouth, like an actor reciting his lines. It was what the world taught us to do, but it was no way to live, and now, for the first time, I felt like I was waking up. ~ Justin Cronin, The Ferryman

“What would you say to a little excursion? This weekend, or even... this afternoon?” He inched the chair closer still, capturing my bare legs between his knees. Yum. To be trapped this way, his body heat radiating through the fabric of his jeans. “Excursions are good... and I’m good, with any of those options.” ~ Susanna Hoffs, This Bird Has Flown

“I wanted to come, and if I hadn’t, they would have been all alone, and nobody would have ever known how frightened and brave and irreplaceable they were.” ~ Connie Willis, Doomsday Book

“Without guilt we would all be monsters. And memory is the ink with which we list our crimes.” ~ Mark Lawrence, The Book That Wouldn’t Burn

What she wanted was a true heart to love her, to run wild with her through the forest. ~ Sarah J. Maas, House of Sky and Breath

Because he knew her well enough to realize she’d rather be holed up in here like Gollum, stroking books and murmuring, “My precious.” ~ Talia Hibbert, Take a Hint, Dani Brown