The Saucy Wenches Book Club

“The last Gold Team geologist decided to retire after we basically had to reattach a limb. For a second time.” “Oh.” “Well, that’s not completely accurate. It wasn’t the same limb twice. They were different limbs.” ~ John Scalzi, The Kaiju Preservation Society

“But sweetie, letting go is the only way you can fly.” ~ Heather Webber, Midnight at the Blackbird Café

“That was the starting and ending point in life: love. The journey was everything in between.” ~ Kristin Hannah, The Women

“In May, when coyotes howl beneath an unnervingly large moon, taller plants, such as spiderworts and black-eyed Susans, begin to creep over the tinier blooms, stealing their light and water. The necks of the smaller flowers break and their petals flutter away, and before long they are buried underground. This is why the Osage Indians refer to May as the time of the flower-killing moon.” ~ David Grann, Killers of the Flower Moon

It’s fair to say I was halfway in love or some damn thing with Miss Barks. And the other half of me was like, Lady, you are the ass-burn of my life, and I wish me and you had been born on different planets. I know, guy life. Get used to it. ~ Barbara Kingsolver, Demon Copperhead

“I know you’re strong and so resilient it’s fucking unbelievable, but you don’t have to always be strong with me. It’s okay to not be okay when you’re with me ... It’s my duty as your husband to make sure you feel safe enough to be real.” ~ Jennifer L. Armentrout, The Crown of Gilded Bones

“The Trisolarans who deemed the humans bugs seemed to have forgotten one fact: The bugs have never been truly defeated.” ~ Liu Cixin, The Three Body Problem

Wishes granted were rarely the gifts they seemed. Any goose who believed otherwise hadn’t listened to a story all the way to its end. ~ Leigh Bardugo, The Familiar

Colin decided then and there that the female mind was a strange and incomprehensible organ — one which no man should even attempt to understand. There wasn’t a woman alive who could go from point A to B without stopping at C, D, X, and 12 along the way. ~ Julia Quinn, Romancing Mister Bridgerton ( Bridgertons #4)

“But I find the antidote to that is just keeping a sense of humor. And staying humble. And laughing a lot. And doubling down on smiling. We’re all just muddling through, after all. We’re all just doing the best we can. We’re all struggling with our struggles. Nobody has the answers. And everybody, deep down, is a little bit lost.” ~ Katherine Center, Hello Stranger

“Trust people’s actions, not their words. Don’t love anyone who isn’t ready to love you back. Let go of the people who don’t hold on to you. Don’t wait on anyone who’s in no rush to get to you.” ~ Emily Henry, Funny Story

It was like some tacit agreement; everyone had ceded to things just falling apart. That it was common knowledge that things were bad surely meant they were actually worse. ~ Rumaan Alam, Leave the World Behind

He wanted nothing else. He wanted her to take up every second of every day, to live in every part of his mind, to never leave his side. She was the dawn of his world, the warmth he carried in his heart, the light that kept him looking toward the future. ~ Scarlett St. Clair, A Touch of Chaos

“How could a man get ahead if he had crap dropping on him all the time?” ~ James McBride, The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store

“I don’t think you realize how strong you are, because sometimes strength isn’t swords and steel and fire, as we are so often made to believe. Sometimes it’s found in quiet, gentle places. The way you hold someone’s hand as they grieve. The way you listen to others. The way you show up, day after day, even when you are weary or afraid or simply uncertain. That is strength, and I see it in you.” ~ Rebecca Ross, Divine Rivals

When a man is powerful and evil, other people surround themselves with lies, until they’re not sure if they’re protecting him or protecting themselves. ~ Laura Shepherd-Robinson, The Square of Sevens

It was stupidly perfect how all my problems were suddenly solved with the strategic application of money. ~ John Scalzi, The Kaiju Preservation Society

“Helping—it’s the only thing that helps. Be part of something. Join a team. It’s the most human thing we can do. It’s in our DNA. It’s how we shed our skins. Might not be the only way, but it’s a good way. Trust me. “Sharing in a struggle with others, working for a common goal—it’s the most powerful emotional force. Capable of pushing us to extraordinary acts. Things that no individual could ever dream of accomplishing alone.” ~ Nick Fuller Googins, The Great Transition

“When you’re happy for yourself, it fills you. When you’re happy for someone else, it pours over. It was almost too bright to watch.” ~ Sarah Addison Allen, Garden Spells