The Saucy Wenches Book Club

Charisma does not originate inside the person called “charismatic.” It comes from the need of others to believe that special people exist. ~ Rachel Kushner, Creation Lake

“I’m afraid I have not gotten over my resentment of him for saving me from the snow king’s court in Ljosland earlier this year, and have made a solemn vow to myself that I shall be the one to rescue him from whatever faerie trouble we next find ourselves in. Yes, I realize this is illogical, given that it requires Wendell to end up in some dire circumstance, which would ideally best be avoided, but there it is. I’m quite determined.” ~ Heather Fawcett, Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands

Play was evolution’s way of building brains, and any creature with a brain as developed as a giant oceanic manta sure used it. If you want to make something smarter, teach it to play. ~ Richard Powers, Playground

“I’m not kidding, Cal, you need cases with a better class of suspect. These two are ... Like if I would villain — which I would not, because I am quite law-abiding, but if I would — I would not villain with these guys with someone else’s dick.” ~ Nick Harkaway, Titanium Noir

“All reading, in short, is telepathy and all reading is time travel. It connects us to everyone and everywhere and every time and every imagined dream.” ~ Matt Haig, The Life Impossible

“But we tried sane, Brad. Sane ain’t working for us anymore. It’s time to try crazy. That’s what we do out here.” ~ Dave Barry, Swamp Story

“But I believe the greatest weapon we have at our disposal is our voices. And I am going to use my voice for you, and for me. Hate is loud. We are louder.” ~ T.J. Klune, Somewhere Beyond the Sea

The kind of edge I looked for—this man had in spades. His edges had edges. There was a kind of ... were I fanciful, I’d say an aura that surrounded him, silvery and seductive and stitched somehow of both luminosity and utter absence of light, as if he wore a full moon’s brilliance purled to midnight as a cloak. ~ Karen Marie Moning, The House at Watch Hill

She had wanted to lower the blinds halfway and open the windows halfway and point all the fans in the house in her direction and lie on the sofa, only rising to prepare herself elaborate snacks. And she wanted to read: reading was the main thing. ~ Liz Moore, The God of the Woods

But a thing grows teeth once it’s put into words. ~ Barbara Kingsolver, Demon Copperhead

Things might get very bad, things might be worse than she ever imagined, but the stars existed, and that was something. ~ Amanda Coplin, The Orchardist