The Saucy Wenches Book Club

Forbid a man something and he craves it like his soul’s salvation, all the more so when that something is the source of incomparable riches. ~ Laini Taylor, Strange the Dreamer

“I’m Cochran. Cochran Stæinsby,” he said. “But you can call me Ran.” “What a curious nickname.” “Well, the first half of Cochran is a bit problematic for a nickname, isn’t it?” ~ Neal Shusterman, Gleanings: Stories from the Arc of a Scythe

Why would anyone want to feel superior to others? Surely the only occasion to justify looking down on someone is while you are helping them up. ~ Neil deGrasse Tyson, Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization

“I’m sorry that happened to you,” she said, “but I guess what doesn’t kill you—” “What doesn’t kill you makes you a mean-ass motherfucker.” ~ Blake Crouch, Abandon

Because ghost stories were just love stories about here and then and now and when, about pockets of happiness and moments that resonated in places long after their era. They were stories that taught you that love was never a matter of time, but a matter of timing. ~ Ashley Poston, The Dead Romantics

Looking back, Uric would admit they should have dealt with the dead python before getting trashed at the titty bar. ~ Carl Hiaasen, Squeeze Me

...it seemed the sanest and most logical course: if the world was on fire, you might as well burn bright. ~ Celeste Ng, Our Missing Hearts

I never doubted how much it upset Pa that I was part of the Shakespeare-less hordes. And I tried to change. I opened Hamlet . Hmm: Lonely prince, obsessed with dead parent, watches remaining parent fall in love with dead parent’s usurper...? I slammed it shut. No, thank you. ~ Prince Harry, Spare

She read paperbacks too, one after the next like she was chain-smoking—romance, science fiction, old pulp fantasy. All she wanted to do was sit, unbothered in a circle of lamplight, and live someone else’s life. ~ Leigh Bardugo, Hell Bent

“I swear I will spend every last breath thanking you for allowing yourself to love me.” ~ Colleen Hoover, Hopeless

Communication is communion. When we communicate with others, we take something from them into ourselves, and give them something of ours. ~ Ray Nayler, The Mountain in the Sea

Every day she found parenthood like taking a test for which she had not studied. The questions were daunting and there wasn’t nearly enough multiple choice. ~ Bonnie Garmus, Lessons in Chemistry

This life is filled with inescapable moral compromises. We should do what we can to avoid the easy ones. ~ Gabrielle Zevin, Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

“It’s okay.” She holds out her hand, and to Cameron’s shock the creature extends one of its arms and winds it around her wrist. She repeats, “It’s okay. I’m going to help you down now, all right?” The octopus nods. Wait, no. It did not. Did it? He rubs his eyes. Are they pumping hallucinogens through the ductwork here? That would explain so much about tonight. ~ Shelby Van Pelt, Remarkably Bright Creatures

“Different roads sometimes lead to the same castle.” ~ George R.R. Martin, Fire & Blood ( A Targaryen History #1)

She had more than she had ever dared dream, and yet, new dreams sprout up when old ones come true, like seedlings in a forest: a new generation of wishes. ~ Laini Taylor, Muse of Nightmares

“I do think New Year’s resolutions can’t technically be expected to begin on New Year’s Day, don't you? Since, because it’s an extension of New Year’s Eve, smokers are already on a smoking roll and cannot be expected to stop abruptly on the stroke of midnight with so much nicotine in the system. Also dieting on New Year’s Day isn’t a good idea as you can’t eat rationally but really need to be free to consume whatever is necessary, moment by moment, in order to ease your hangover. I think it would be much more sensible if resolutions began generally on January the second.” ~ Helen Fielding, Bridget Jones’s Diary