The Saucy Wenches Book Club

I felt like kissing Emmy. Or throwing up, from how mixed up I was. Possibly both. You’d want to do it in the right order, though. ~ Barbara Kingsolver, Demon Copperhead

“It’s an unimaginative accusation and one that I am frankly tired of hearing. Witchcraft. As though there is no other explanation for a woman who excels at her work.” ~ Ariel Lawhon, The Frozen River

“Because sometimes the only cure for homesickness is to enlarge the definition of home.” ~ Margaret Renkl, The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year

Until everything topples, we have no idea what we actually have, how precariously and perfectly it all hangs together. ~ Blake Crouch, Dark Matter

“The Queen Who Never Was; what did Viserys ever have that she did not? A little sausage? Is that all it takes to be a king? Let Mushroom rule, then. My sausage is thrice the size of his.” ~ George R.R. Martin, Fire & Blood ( A Targaryen History #1)

If just once a day people read a poem instead of picking up their phone, I guarantee you the world would be a better place. ~ Paul Murray, The Bee Sting

“Some words are more than letters on a page, don't you think? They have shape and texture. They are like bullets, full of energy, and when you give one breath you can feel its sharp edge against your lip.” ~ Pip Williams, The Dictionary of Lost Words

Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten. ~ Neil Gaiman, Coraline

“You need to understand that I will do anything and everything for my wife.” Casteel’s gaze latched on to his father’s. “No risk is too great, nor is anything too sacred. Because she is my everything . There is nothing greater than her, and I do mean nothing .” ~ Jennifer L. Armentrout, The Crown of Gilded Bones

Forgiveness, which takes you back to the person you were and lets you reset them. Hope, which exists in a future in which you are new. Forgiveness and hope are miracles. They let you change your life. They are time-travel. ~ Kaliane Bradley, The Ministry of Time

Sometimes it’s necessary to embrace the magic, to find out what’s real in life, and in one’s own heart. ~ Sarah Addison Allen, First Frost

“You must know that a person’s ability to discern the truth is directly proportional to his knowledge.” ~ Liu Cixin, The Three Body Problem

“The best kind of love doesn’t happen on moonlit walks and romantic vacations. It happens in between the folds of everyday life. It’s not grand gestures that show how you feel, it’s all the little secret things you do to make her life better that you never tell her about.” ~ Abby Jimenez, Just for the Summer

Somehow...I caught the arm of my purse on the door handle and half the contents flew across the backseat and into Obama’s lap. Pens, lipstick, and possibly a tampon. He may have jumped, slightly, before giving me a subtly ironic look as he helped pick up my belongings now strewn across the floor of the car. This pales in comparison to the time just a few months later when I made the poor choice of jumping over a literal hurdle at a campaign event, splitting my pants down the middle. I landed in a media report after Obama made an offhand comment that my pants looked “pretty X-rated.” ~ Jen Psaki, Say More

“...this is exactly the kind of store that makes you want to buy a book about a teenage wizard. This is the kind of store that makes you want to be a teenage wizard.” ~ Robin Sloan, Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore

Light is only possible through dialogue between cultures, not through rejection of one or the other. ~ James McBride, The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store