"There were air raids at night. The factory……" — 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."
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Ruth Pitter
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13 Quotes by Ruth Pitter
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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…
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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…
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One's homesickness for Heaven finds at least an inn there; and it's an inn on the right road.
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Vain vision! when the changing world each day Sees some such lordly pleasance pass away; When the mere stripling knows…
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We go, in winter's biting wind, On many a short-lived winter day, With aching back but willing mind To dig…
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And I used to assemble the family to hear because I thought that they were so good that even from…
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To win the trophy of enchanting grace: Ranks of Carnations, to all ladies dear, Of whose sweet taste I write…
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I am much interested and honoured by what you tell me of C. S. Lewis.
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I would do any honest thing under the sun to know C. S. Lewis, and so am very grateful to…
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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…
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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…
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It seems to me that in our lifetime we have passed from the wreck of liberal humanism to the beginning…
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More Air Quotes
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Aside from a handful of guys boxing is missing the good trainers, that's why our sport is so in the…
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Spare me the whispering, crowded room, the friends who come and gape and go, the ceremonious air of gloom -…
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On some summer days in New York City, the air hangs thickly visible, like the combined exhalations of eight million…
— Diane Ackerman
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It's much easier to wear a Chairman Mao button and shake your fists in the air and all that, then…
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Let us never forget this: since the day of the air, the old frontiers are gone. When you think of…
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Lexington did launch its air group when a Japanese carrier was reported.
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Kisses, even to the air, are beautiful.
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I love roller coasters that make my stomach drop. One ride in Las Vegas, the Big Shot, straps you into…
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Obviously, the young dancers lack a certain air of maturity.
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The nation that secures control of the air will ultimately control the world.
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A rose is the visible result of an infinitude of complicated goings on in the bosom of the earth and…
— Clive Bell
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When friendship disappears then there is a space left open to that awful loneliness of the outside world which is…
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