The Ladies' Midnight Swimming Club Quotes
"This was liberating. It was overwhelming. A cascading of emotion welled within her, the salty cold now insulating her from any pain."
"For the first time in far too long, she felt what it was to be truly blissful."
"This was no time to lose her head. For the first time in years, her fate had been placed back into her own hands."
"The Ladies’ Midnight Swimming Club. That’s what she wanted more than anything else now."
"It’s bigger than that. I can get another job in the morning, probably one that pays better than working for Leah, certainly one I’d be happier doing."
"She loved the godliness of it all, which was strange, because she’d never been a religious person."
"Her eyes drifted from the plot before her; she couldn’t look at it now."
"Perhaps it’s time to finally write that book?"
"The notion that she could somehow keep the practice going had been her only hope."
"She threw herself across the damp earth, not caring that her expensive coat would be covered in wet soil."
"The more the notion niggled at him, the more reasons he seemed to come up with for finding out who he actually was."
"The notion that his mother could be alive today, but by the time he found her, it could be too late."
"It wasn’t that his parents were being evasive, he knew them too well for that, but rather it was the whole system that seemed to be in place in Ireland for when it came to tracking down anything to do with a parent who simply did not want to be found."
"He’d woken to the sight of land, the sun driving slowly towards the west and it filled him with a giddy optimism."
"It was a tired little house on the deep end of an estate that looked as if it was on its third generation of occupancy."
"‘You’re very kind,’ he said softly, because he had a feeling she was."
"It’s just… I’m sorry, this time of night, to be bothering you, but I’ve been thinking of it since earlier, and I wasn’t sure…"
"The night was beginning to toss up a northerly icy wind and after Lucy had cleared up the kitchen and placed the blood samples in a bag for the following day, she figured she’d better get her walk with Dora over with before it decided to turn into a fresh storm."
"‘It’s okay; it’s going to be okay,’ Lucy said softly, putting her arms around her mother and knowing, only too well, that there were no guarantees that anything would ever be okay again."
"‘I suppose, you’re saying I could live with him?’ ‘I suppose I’m saying I could ask.’"
"Before he had a chance to grab her collar, she was gone like the clappers, headed out towards the beach to bark excitedly at the birds overhead."
"‘Well that’s good.’ Elizabeth laughed and he had a feeling she was right behind him now."
"It has made me feel more alive than I’ve ever felt before."
"I’m not so sure there’s any halving this one."
"But that’s the thing, dear – after all these years it’s just dawning on me, I’m not sure it’s ever really been my home."
"She’s the one who’s out here as naked as Gypsy Rose Lee on a Saturday night at the Palladium."
"I’ve always loved these cottages. Years ago, I used to think it would be lovely to live down here, next door to your mother…"
"I wouldn’t know how to think of yourself first."
"You’ve never been selfish in your life; you wouldn’t know how to think of yourself first."
"It’s as if all the worries of the world are out there somewhere."
"It’s funny, because when my husband was alive, I’d never have come down here at night-time."
"They’ve all but disappeared into the passage of time."
"I couldn’t be going off with anyone nicer. Dan is a good egg."
"I wouldn’t have come down here at night-time."
"I’m losing him and I’m not ready to let him go yet."
"I suppose it is more like home than what we had in Dublin."
"That’s the thing about these women: they suffer on in silence for years and by the time they actually go to a doctor there is so little to be done about things."
"My best advice to you, Elizabeth, is that you need to take matters in your own hands."
"You need to decide what makes the most sense to hold onto and what you really just want to let go."
"This charity swim; I’m not sure where to start…"
"Let’s start focusing on this properly, instead of things we can’t change."
"I don’t think I’ve ever been more certain of anything in my life."
"Ah well, I only wish I could have helped more."
"Oh, Elizabeth, it’s never too late to change."
"Bugger off, cancer; you’re not going to get the better of us."
"You must have always wondered. I mean there was never going to be any hiding the fact that you weren’t their child, was there?"
"You really have no idea, do you?" she asked then.
"Delores dear, will you bring in tea and if you don’t mind, Dan, I’d like to tell you all a story when we’ve had a slice of that lovely cake Elizabeth has baked for me."
"No-one else would give him a chance because he had come back so strange."
"You’re actually… well, you’re actually very good."
"I’d remember you if I was without a single other memory."
"The truth is… if it’s not too politically incorrect to say it."
"Isn’t that something to make you smile?"