The Saucy Wenches Book Club

“A boring truth will always have difficulty competing with an exciting lie.” ~ Brandon Sanderson, Tress of the Emerald Sea

I recognized winter. I saw it coming (a mile off, since you ask), and I looked it in the eye. I greeted it and let it in. I had some tricks up my sleeve, you see. I’ve learned them the hard way. When I started feeling the drag of winter, I began to treat myself like a favored child: with kindness and love. I assumed my needs were reasonable and that my feelings were signals of something important. I kept myself well fed and made sure I was getting enough sleep. I took myself for walks in the fresh air and spent time doing things that soothed me. I asked myself: “What is this winter all about?” I asked myself: “What change is coming?” ~ Katherine May, Wintering

On the one occasion that a vendor was brave enough to ask why he was roaring into his luggage, Warren gaily replied, “Because that’s where the dragon is!” ~ Josiah Bancroft, The Hexologists

We never thought of ourselves as witches, my mother and I. For this was a word invented by men, a word that brings power to those who speak it, not those it describes. ~ Emilia Hart, Weyward

“I almost tell her that fun doesn’t equate to happiness; at the very least, it lends you happiness and I want to know how to keep it.” ~ Jessica George, Maame

“We don’t get to choose which battles we’re born into,” she says. “The only thing we get is to choose what we’ll do. Will we join the fight? Or will we turn our backs?” ~ Nick Fuller Googins, The Great Transition

“They will call you hysterical no matter how much dignity you have. So you might as well do whatever the hell you want.” ~ Jessica Knoll, Bright Young Women