The Saucy Wenches Book Club

Sometimes, making the wrong choice is better than making no choice. A person who stands at the fork, unable to pick, will never get anywhere. Wizard’s First Rule , Terry Goodkind

In the end, light is the only thing that has ever chased away darkness—the only thing that ever will. Seek truth in all things, my dearest girl. There can be no healing without it. ~ Barbara Davis, The Last of the Moon Girls

“You bitches haven’t even slowed me down”... Why is it always bitches, Kitty thought. As if men believed that word had some kind of magic power. ~ Grady Hendrix, The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires

Source Fairy tales are about trouble.... All the magic and glass mountains and pearls the size of houses and princesses beautiful as the day and talking birds and part-time serpents are distractions from the core of most of the stories, the struggle to survive against adversaries, to find your place in the world, and to come into your own.  ~ Rebecca Solnit, The Faraway Nearby

But they were young that morning, and they could cling to hope. Hope that the world could be remade, kinder and sweeter. So she kissed him a second time, for luck. When he looked at her again his face was filled with such an extraordinary gladness, and the third time she kissed him it was for love. ~ Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Mexican Gothic

“For all her love of words, at times they’re entirely insufficient.” ~ Jeanine Cummins, American Dirt

“Choosing a wife is like putting your hand into a bag full of writhing creatures, with one eel to six snakes. What are the chances you will pull out the eel?” ~ Hillary Mantel, Wolf Hall

“It doesn’t look like anything special, like it contains an entire world, though the same could be said of any book.” ~ Erin Morgenstern, The Starless Sea

I once asked him why he had picked me, when he had millions of sophisticated girlfriends. He could have married any of them. Why was it that he wanted to marry me? He replied, ‘Well, I knew that with you, you would carry on, you would never give up.’ Lady in Waiting: My Extraordinary Life in the Shadow of the Crown , Anne Glenconner

Do as you will, but harm no one. What you give will be returned to you threefold. Fall in love whenever you can. ~ Alice Hoffman, The Rules of Magic

“I have stopped trying to grab happiness by the balls. I could never get a firm grip on them anyway, and I’m not sure happiness appreciated my efforts. To paraphrase Sasha, some emotions just aren’t into that kind of thing.” ~ Tommy Butler, Before You Go: A Novel

We all wind up drawn to what we’re afraid of, drawn to try to find a way to make ourselves safe from a thing by crawling inside of it, by loving it, by becoming it. The Coldest Girl in Coldtown , Holly Black

...when the world felt dark and scary, love could whisk you off to go dancing; laughter could take some of the pain away; beauty could punch holes in your fear. ~ Emily Henry, Beach Read

Mam used to tell me to look for the clues. “The clues to what?” I asked the first time. “To life. They’re hidden everywhere.” ~ Charlotte McConaghy, Migrations

Andrea raised her hand. “This is the hand that slapped Aunt B.” “Maybe you should have it gold-plated.” “Here, you can touch it, since you’re my best friend.” Magic Slays , Ilona Andrews

It’s not going to be easy, and I need to start with an apology. Because over the years I’ve told you many times that there’s no such thing as monsters. I’m sorry that I lied. ~ Alex North, The Whisper Man

We never know which lives we influence, or when, or why. Not until the future eats the present, anyway. We know when it’s too late. ― Stephen King, 11/22/63

And love. We must never forget love. Not only as something we feel, but as who we are deep down in our marrow. Which is why fear must never be allowed to eclipse it. ~ Barbara Davis, The Last of the Moon Girls