Swept Away Quotes

“For a fleeting moment, I think of the romance I wanted when I was a little girl with a pillowcase on her head like a veil, dreaming of her wedding day – the fairytale ending. And I think of the romance I’ve had: dirty, gritty, bare, laced through with danger and wildness. If we’re going to die on this houseboat, I’ll die knowing I lived a love story far better than any I could have dreamed up.”
― Beth O'Leary, Swept Away

“Sometimes the biggest moments in your life are disguised as nothings.”
― Beth O'Leary, Swept Away

“Family is always complicated, but ultimately, the Ravenhills do love one another, and lately I’ve started to think that as long as you’ve got that, you have a really good shot at working out the rest.”
― Beth O'Leary, Swept Away

“Fuck," I say again.

"You swear a lot," Zeke says. And then, "Why do I like that so much?”
― Beth O'Leary, Swept Away

“I have a bit of a cry around midnight. Thinking about my dad. Looking up at the sky and wondering if that's where he's gone, up into the universe, singing out Bob Dylan among the stars.”
― Beth O'Leary, Swept Away

“Better to wonder than to know you're not loved.”
― Beth O'Leary, Swept Away

“The truth is, I want to move out, sometimes. Not all the time, but sometimes. I love living with Mae, but I would also love my own life. I’ve been a bit-part in Penny’s for five years now, and it’s been great, I wouldn’t change it. But I got kind of lost along the way. If you’re the sidekick for long enough, you forget how to lead your own life.”
― Beth O'Leary, Swept Away

“But whatever else changes, Lexi's still Lexi: brave, frightened, strong, soft, warm, cold. I've never met a woman who's so many things at once. And I want her, even here, after this mad, wild day. I want her like I've never not wanted her, like every other time I've wanted a woman, I've been looking for Lexi.”
― Beth O'Leary, Swept Away

“I wonder if there's anyone else I would prefer to have with me in this nightmare than the woman with the gorgeous eyes who said I'm not but thanks when I told her she was beautiful. It doesn't even take a second to realize that no, there isn't. Not Brady, not my brother, not Bear Grylls. I just want her.”
― Beth O'Leary, Swept Away

“I'm glad it was you," he says, so softly I almost don't hear him over the wind. "On this adventure with me.”
― Beth O'Leary, Swept Away