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> [What do we look for as reward? Some little sounds, and scents, and scenes A small hand darting strawberry-ward A woman's aprons full of greens. The sense that we have brought to birth Out of the cold and heavy soil,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruth-pitter/what-do-we-look-for-as-reward-some-little-sounds-and-scents-and/)

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## More by Ruth Pitter

> [There were air raids at night. The factory was dark and dirty. And I remember thinking - well - I must find somebody or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruth-pitter/there-were-air-raids-at-night-the-factory-was-dark-and-dirty-and-i/)

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> [Vain vision! when the changing world each day Sees some such lordly pleasance pass away; When the mere stripling knows my symbols all Worn…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruth-pitter/vain-vision-when-the-changing-world-each-day-sees-some-such-lordly/)

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> [What do we look for as reward? Some little sounds, and scents, and scenes A small hand darting strawberry-ward A woman's aprons full of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruth-pitter/what-do-we-look-for-as-reward-some-little-sounds-and-scents-and/)

[Ruth Pitter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruth-pitter/)

> [I would do any honest thing under the sun to know C. S. Lewis, and so am very grateful to you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruth-pitter/i-would-do-any-honest-thing-under-the-sun-to-know-c-s-lewis-and-so-am/)

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> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruth-pitter/the-lost-tribe-how-long-how-long-must-i-regret-i-never-found-my/)

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> [To win the trophy of enchanting grace: Ranks of Carnations, to all ladies dear, Of whose sweet taste I write approval here, For these…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruth-pitter/to-win-the-trophy-of-enchanting-grace-ranks-of-carnations-to-all/)

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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruth-pitter/i-had-to-be-intellectually-satisfied-as-well-as-emotionally-because/)

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> [“Solitary is our place, the castle in the sea, And I muse on those I have loved, and on those who have loved me.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruth-pitter/solitary-is-our-place-the-castle-in-the-sea-and-i-muse-on-those-i/)

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> [It seems to me that in our lifetime we have passed from the wreck of liberal humanism to the beginning of a new recognition…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruth-pitter/it-seems-to-me-that-in-our-lifetime-we-have-passed-from-the-wreck-of/)

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> [Poor comfort all comfort: once what the mouse had spared Was enough, was delight, there where the heart was at home](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruth-pitter/poor-comfort-all-comfort-once-what-the-mouse-had-spared-was-enough/)

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> [All in November's soaking mist We stand and prune the naked tree, While all our love and interest Seem quenched in the blue-nosed misery.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruth-pitter/all-in-november-s-soaking-mist-we-stand-and-prune-the-naked-tree/)

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> [And I used to assemble the family to hear because I thought that they were so good that even from the point of view…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruth-pitter/and-i-used-to-assemble-the-family-to-hear-because-i-thought-that-they/)

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> [We go in withering July To ply the hard incessant hoe; Panting beneath the brazen sky We sweat and grumble, but we go.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruth-pitter/we-go-in-withering-july-to-ply-the-hard-incessant-hoe-panting-beneath/)

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> [But the summits of poetry are mysteries; they are shiftingly veiled, and those who catch the glimpses see different aspects of the transcendental; but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruth-pitter/but-the-summits-of-poetry-are-mysteries-they-are-shiftingly-veiled/)

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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruth-pitter/are-you-really-going-to-see-lewis-one-of-the-few-people-it-s-worth/)

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