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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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“I believe that the main thing in beginning a novel is to feel, not that you can write it, but that it exists on the far side of a gulf, which words can't cross; that its to be pulled through only in a breathless anguish. [VW]”

Book:The Letters of Vita Sackville-West and Virginia Woolf

Source: The Letters of Vita Sackville-West and Virginia Woolf

“[On writing:] The most egotistic of occupations, and the most gratifying while it lasts.”

Writing Lasts Occupation

Book:No Signposts in the Sea

Source: No Signposts in the Sea

“however many resolutions one makes, one's pen, like water, always finds its own level, and one can't write in any way other than one's own.”

Way Writing Water Levels Resolution Pens

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“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.”

Ifs Life Writing Mind Moments Time Gone Fellows Forgotten Mood Score Hops Present Moment Slips Butterfly

Book:Vita Sackville-West: Selected Writings

Source: Vita Sackville-West: Selected Writings

“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?”

Ifs Writing Moments Slips Butterfly

Book:Vita Sackville-West: Selected Writings

Source: Vita Sackville-West: Selected Writings

“Among the many problems which beset the novelist, not the least weighty is the choice of the moment at which to begin his novel.”

Writing Moments Problem Choices Novel Novelists

Book:Vita Sackville-West: Selected Writings

Source: Vita Sackville-West: Selected Writings

About the Author

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

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