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Vita Sackville-West was an English author, poet, and gardener, recognized for her novels, poetry, and gardening expertise. Born on March 9, 1892, and passing away on June 2, 1962, Sackville-West's writing delved into themes of love, nature, and the human condition. She was a member of the Bloomsbury Group, a group of artists, writers, and intellectuals in the early 20th century.

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“a letter, by its arrival, defrauds us of a whole secret region of our existence, the only region indeed in which the true pleasure of life may be tasted, the region of imagination, creative and protean, the clouds and beautiful shapes of whose heaven are destroyed by the wind of reality.”

May Whole Reality Beautiful Heaven Imagination Pleasure Secret Existence Creative Wind Shapes Letters Clouds Destroyed Regions Arrivals Pleasures Of Life

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“Travel is a private pleasure, since it consists entirely of things felt and things seen.”

Felt Pleasure Travel

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“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.”

Want Pleasure Greater Travel Bores Hong Kong

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“I suppose the pleasure of the country life lies really in the eternally renewed evidences of the determination to live. That is a truism when said, but anything but a truism when daily observed. Nothing shows up the difference between the thing said or read, so much as the daily experience of it.”

Life Said Country Shows Lying Differences Pleasure Evidence Determination Truism Country Life Daily Experience

Book:Vita Sackville-West: Selected Writings

Source: Vita Sackville-West: Selected Writings

“I suppose the pleasure of country life lies really in the eternally renewed evidences of the determination to live.”

Country Lying Pleasure Evidence Determination Country Life

Book:Vita Sackville-West: Selected Writings

Source: Vita Sackville-West: Selected Writings

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Born: March 9, 1892
Died: June 2, 1962
Known for: Author
Quotes: 114

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