Swimming to Lundy Quotes

“Her nan”
― Amanda Prowse, Swimming to Lundy

“no one knows what the tide’ll bring in, love. That’s the beautiful and terrible thing about life. You just never know.”
― Amanda Prowse, Swimming to Lundy

“Until recently, when the walls that had kept her confined, safe, suddenly seemed a little oppressive and she was finally plucking up the courage to peer over them.”
― Amanda Prowse, Swimming to Lundy

“Laughing is important. It helps get you through the tough times, the challenges. Taking care of each other isn’t only a physical thing, it’s about taking care of each other’s mental health too. Not easy in this world with all its pressures, but we have always made sure we don’t add to the burden; we’re kind to each other. We’re reliable. We provide a haven.”
― Amanda Prowse, Swimming to Lundy

“every choice we make, every decision we settle on is a tiny footprint towards our own destiny, and before you know it, all those tiny footprints have made a path and it’s the one you walk. So make a path that’s honest, sincere and leads to all good things.”
― Amanda Prowse, Swimming to Lundy

“If someone doesn’t want you then they’re not the person you thought they were and therefore what you miss about them, or the life you imagined with them, doesn’t exist. Because they are not the right person. They’re a fraud and who wants to be lumbered with a fraud!”
― Amanda Prowse, Swimming to Lundy

“That’s the dream, right? Doing more of what makes us happy rather than what we think we should.”
― Amanda Prowse, Swimming to Lundy

“Driving safely, preparing food, giving medicine, they’re all important, but it’s about taking care of each other’s mental health too. Not easy in this world with all its pressures, but we’ve always made sure we don’t add to the burden, we’re kind to each other. We’re reliable. We provide a haven.”
― Amanda Prowse, Swimming to Lundy

“You need to spend your time in a way that means when you climb into bed at night, you feel content and you don’t dread the alarm going off the next morning, full of fear or sickness at the prospect of having to get up and do it all again.”
― Amanda Prowse, Swimming to Lundy

“I think we all need to do more of what makes us happy rather than what we think we should. And I’m realising that more and more.”
― Amanda Prowse, Swimming to Lundy

“It’s about challenging myself, changing my routine, committing to something.”
― Amanda Prowse, Swimming to Lundy

“The truth was she wasn’t low exactly, certainly not depressed, but neither was she happy, nor excited, nor hopeful. No, low wasn’t accurate, she just wanted . . . more.”
― Amanda Prowse, Swimming to Lundy

“It’s the same with vegans and dyslexics; just get on with it! Don’t eat meat, don’t spell things right, but for the love of God, stop going on about it!”
― Amanda Prowse, Swimming to Lundy

“You need to be happy; you need to do something that makes you laugh every day. You need to spend your time in a way that means when you climb into bed at night, you feel content and you don’t dread the alarm going off the next morning, full of fear or sickness at the prospect of having to get up and do it all again.”
― Amanda Prowse, Swimming to Lundy