The Saucy Wenches Book Club

“They have no power to improve their lives, but they have the power to make others even more miserable. And the only way to prove to yourself that you have power is to use it.” ~ Octavia E. Butler, Parable of the Sower

Beyond meeting simple immediate needs, the Navajo Way placed little worth on property. In fact, being richer than one’s clansmen carried with it a social stigma. It was unnatural, and therefore suspicious. ~ Tony Hillerman, The Blessing Way

“Do not be afraid of what you feel. Never forget what you have been through. Allow your passions to build inside you rather than diminish over time.” ~ Grady Hendrix, Witchcraft for Wayward Girls

“So the plan wasn't a clusterfuck, it was just circling the clusterfuck target zone, getting ready to come in for a landing.” ~ Martha Wells, Exit Strategy ( The Murderbot Diaries #4)

“This is a choice between revolution against the power structures or our extermination by those structures. People like you and your family? You’re what they harvest. Everything you do, everything you buy, everything you believe in—that’s just product and profit for them. You’re their cash crop.” ~ Stephen Markley, The Deluge

“People like to think empathy means being able to imagine how you’d feel in a certain situation,” she said, head tilted, holding my gaze. “But it really doesn’t. It means being able to imagine how they’d feel, and how it might be completely different from you.” ~ Nicholas Binge, Ascension