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Ruth Pitter quotes

British Musician November 7, 1897 – February 29, 1992

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Ruth Pitter quote: "Solitary is our place, the castle in the sea, And I muse on..."
Solitary is our place, the castle in the sea, And I muse on those I have loved, and on those who have loved me. Ruth Pitter
Ruth Pitter quote: "I gather up my loves, and keep them all warm"
I gather up my loves, and keep them all warm Ruth Pitter
Are you really going to see Lewis? One of the few people it's worth getting excited over, I think. I know he is a good poet. I daresay he never heard of me, but I wish you would tell him that his work is the joy of my life. Ruth Pitter
I had to be intellectually satisfied as well as emotionally because at that time of life one doesn't just fall into it in adolescent emotion, and I was satisfied at every point that it was the one way and the hard way to do things. Ruth Pitter
And I used to assemble the family to hear because I thought that they were so good that even from the point of view of enjoyment people shouldn't miss them, and I got every word of his that I could, and I could see by hard argument there was only the one way for it. Ruth Pitter
The Lost Tribe. How long, how long must I regret? I never found my people yet; I go about, but cannot find The blood-relations of the mind. Through my little sphere I range, And though I wither do not change; Must not change a jot, lest they Should not know me on my way. Sometimes I think when I am dead They will come about my bed, For my people well do know When to come and when to go. I know not why I am alone, Nor where my wandering tribe is gone, But be they few, or be they far, Would I... Ruth Pitter
There were air raids at night. The factory was dark and dirty. And I remember thinking - well - I must find somebody or something because like this I cannot go on. Ruth Pitter
Ruth Pitter quote: "I would do any honest thing under the sun to know C. S. Lewis,..."
I would do any honest thing under the sun to know C. S. Lewis, and so am very grateful to you. Ruth Pitter
It seems to me that in our lifetime we have passed from the wreck of liberal humanism to the beginning of a new recognition of dogma: isn't it rather tremendous? Ruth Pitter
Ruth Pitter quote: "One's homesickness for Heaven finds at least an inn there; and..."
One's homesickness for Heaven finds at least an inn there; and it's an inn on the right road. Ruth Pitter
Ruth Pitter quote: "I am much interested and honoured by what you tell me of C. S...."
I am much interested and honoured by what you tell me of C. S. Lewis. Ruth Pitter

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