Vita SackvilleWest Quotes

A collection of quotes by Vita SackvilleWest.

Vita Sackville-West (1892-1962) was a prominent British writer and gardener. Known for her unconventional and bohemian lifestyle, she had a significant impact on early twentieth-century literature. Sackville-West is best remembered for her novel "The Edwardians" and the poetry she wrote in the 1920s and 1930s. She also gained recognition for her breathtaking gardens at Sissinghurst Castle, which remain a popular tourist attraction. Additionally, Vita was involved in a long-lasting and open marriage with diplomat and author Harold Nicolson, breaking societal norms of the time. Her fascinating life story continues to inspire generations.

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 SackvilleWest

Travel

It is necessary to write, if the days are not to slip emptil

It is necessary to write, if the days are not to slip emptily by. How else, indeed, to clap the net over the butterfly of the moment? for the moment passes, it is forgotten; the mood is gone; life itself is gone. That is where the writer scores over his fellows: he catches the changes of his mind on the hop. Growth is exciting; growth is dynamic and alarming. Growth of the soul, growth of the mind.

Vita SackvilleWest

Authors & Writing

Women, like men, ought to have their youth so glutted with f

Women, like men, ought to have their youth so glutted with freedom they hate the very idea of freedom.

Vita SackvilleWest

Freedom