The Saucy Wenches Book Club

“And the single last thing in my head: that I like him better than I’ve ever liked anyone and that of all the things he’s ever done to me, making me like him so much is by far the worst.” ― Holly Black, The Wicked King

“Why didn’t you become a sorcerer, Geralt? Weren’t you ever attracted by the Art? Be honest.” “I will. I was.” “Why, then, didn’t you follow the voice of that attraction?” “I decided it would be wiser to follow the voice of good sense.” “Meaning?” “Years of practice in the witcher’s trade have taught me not to bite off more than I can chew. Do you know, Vilgefortz, I once knew a dwarf, who, as a child, dreamed of being an elf. What do you think; would he have become one had he followed the voice of attraction?” The Time of Contempt , Andrzej Sapkowski

...in spite of our lofty ideals and the many safeguards to protect the Scythedom from corruption and depravity, we must always be vigilant, because power comes infected with the only disease left to us: the virus called human nature. ~ Neal Shusterman, Scythe ( Arc of a Scythe #1)

“Besides, easy is overrated compared to you in all your spectacular, mercurial, enigmatic glory.” ― Jeaniene Frost, Bound by Flames

There was a message from the detective. Working a case. Stay put. Will call when I’m done. DON’T DO ANYTHING STUPID. “It’s like he doesn’t even know me.” ~ Leigh Bardugo, Ninth House

“...that the real reality is something we create every moment of every day, that realities spin off from our decisions in every second we’re alive.” ― Jeff VanderMeer, Borne

“Real is a four-letter word, and I’ll thank you to use it as little as possible while you live under my roof.” Every Heart a Doorway , Seanan McGuire

If civilization is ever going to be anything but a grandiose pratfall, anything more than a can of deodorizer in the shithouse of existence, then statesmen are going to have to concern themselves with magic and poetry. ~ Tom Robbins, Even Cowgirls Get the Blues

“For so many years, for so long, I have been so many things, so many different men. But here,” he said, so softly I could barely hear him, “here in the dark, with you ... I have no name.” ~Diana Gabaldon, Voyager ( Outlander #3)

“And the flavor of Pippa’s kiss—bittersweet and strange—stayed with me all the way back uptown, swaying and sleepy as I sailed home on the bus, melting with sorrow and loveliness, a starry ache that lifted me up above the windswept city like a kite: my head in the rainclouds, my heart in the sky.” ~ Donna Tartt, The Goldfinch

“You and I, it’s as though we have been taught to kiss in heaven and sent down to earth together, to see if we know what we were taught.” ~ Boris Pasternak, Doctor Zhivago

“I’m saying that I’m a moody, insecure, narrow-minded, jealous, borderline homicidal bitch, and I want you to promise me that you’re okay with that, because it’s who I am, and you’re what I need.” ― Jeaniene Frost, Halfway to the Grave

Source: Casey Crafford/Starz Entertainment, LLC “I want to take ye to bed. In my bed. And I mean to spend the rest of the day thinking what to do wit ye once I got ye there. So wee Archie can just go and play at marbles with his bollucks, aye?” ― Diana Gabaldon, The Fiery Cross

“When all else fails, give up and go to the library.” ― Stephen King, 11/22/63

“Mothers can forgive anything! Tell me all, and be sure that I will never let you go, though the whole world should turn from you.” ― Louisa May Alcott, Jo’s Boys

But do you know when stories stop being stories? The moment someone begins to believe in them. The Time of Contempt , Andrzej Sapkowski