The Saucy Wenches Book Club

“Mom always said we needed a cake to mark every new beginning...” ~ Annie Hartnett, Rabbit Cake

“If the people around you don’t love or accept you just as you are, find new people. They’re out there.” ~ Sarah Addison Allen, Other Birds

“You are not a bystander in reality. You are the lens through which reality exists.” ~ Leylah Attar, The Night Blossoms

“Do you know what magic does, Charlie?” I thought it did all sorts of things–allowing hapless pilgrims such as myself to visit other worlds, for instance–but I shook my head. “It gives people hope, and hope is dangerous.” ~ Stephen King, Fairy Tale

“Did you have a dictionary shoved up your backside as a child, or did you end up like this of your own volition?” ~ Fredrik Backman, Anxious People

“There’s no such thing as being an observer. Doing nothing is doing something. Being passive has consequences.” ~ Megan Goldin, Stay Awake

“Falling in love is really quite simple,” she says. “You want to know the secret? It’s the same thing we are all doing about life every single day.” I look to her. “Forget there’s an ending.” ~ Taylor Jenkins Reid, Carrie Soto Is Back

You’re never alone in a room filled with a thousand books. ~ Ruth Ware, The It Girl

“She was keeping it in a cedar box with some other penises she’d stolen; she was feeding them on grains of wheat. That’s the usual method of tending penises.” ~ Margaret Atwood, My Evil Mother: A Short Story

“That’s why we like living with animals so much; they exhibit their joy so outwardly, remind us how to be better alive.” ~ Annie Hartnett, Unlikely Animals

“Passion is...it’s fire. And fire is great, man. But we’re made of water. Water is how we keep living. Water is what we need to survive.” ~ Taylor Jenkins Reid, Daisy Jones & the Six

“How dare you,” he said, his voice rising. “A woman telling me what pregnancy is. Who do you think you are?” ~ Bonnie Garmus, Lessons in Chemistry

“As long as you are mine as I am yours, we have all the time in the world.” ~ Sue Lynn Tan, Daughter of the Moon Goddess

“Gratitude is a funny thing. It feels so similar to joy.” ~ Kelly Barnhill, When Women Were Dragons

How sinister it is to relive your life backward. To see things you hadn’t at the time. To realize the horrible significance of events you had no idea were playing out around you. ~ Gillian McAllister, Wrong Place Wrong Time

“A ruler needs a good head and a true heart,” she famously told the king. “A cock is not essential.” ~ George R.R. Martin, Fire & Blood ( A Targaryen History #1)

“When a man makes a promise, he makes it on his honor. When a witch makes a promise, they feel it in their bones.” ~ Isabel Cañas, The Hacienda

Olga realized that she’d allowed herself to become distracted from the true American dream—accumulating money—by its phantom cousin, accumulating fame. She would never make that mistake again. ~ Xóchitl González, Olga Dies Dreaming