Vita Sackville-West Quotes

A collection of quotes by Vita Sackville-West.

Vita Sackville-West (1892-1962) was an English poet, novelist, and garden designer. She gained fame through her poetry collections and acclaimed novels such as "The Edwardians" and "All Passion Spent." Sackville-West's most enduring legacy lies in her influential garden designs, particularly at Sissinghurst Castle in Kent. Additionally, she had a highly publicized affair with writer Virginia Woolf, which was explored in Woolf's renowned novel "Orlando." Sackville-West's works, both literary and horticultural, continue to inspire and captivate audiences today.

Travel is the most private of pleasures. There is no greater

Travel is the most private of pleasures. There is no greater bore than the travel bore. We do not in the least want to hear what he has seen in Hong Kong.

Vita Sackville-West


A man and his loves make a man and his life.

A man and his loves make a man and his life.

Vita Sackville-West

Life Love Man

There is nothing more lovely in life than the union of two p

There is nothing more lovely in life than the union of two people whose love for one another has grown through the years, from the small acorn of passion, into a great rooted tree

Vita Sackville-West

Love Marriage Passion Grow Tree

I worshipped dead men for their strength, forgetting I was s

I worshipped dead men for their strength, forgetting I was strong.

Vita Sackville-West

Strength

Men of my age live in a state of continual desperation.

Men of my age live in a state of continual desperation.

Vita Sackville-West

Age