Click, clack, click, clack, went their conversation, like so many knitting-needles, purl, — Vita Sackville-West
All craftsmen share a knowledge. They have heldReality down fluttering to a bench. — Vita Sackville-West
It is dreadful how I miss you, and everything that everybody says seems flat and stupid. — Vita Sackville-West
[On writing:] The most egotistic of occupations, and the most gratifying while it lasts. — Vita Sackville-West
Authority has every reason to fear the skeptic, for authority can rarely survive in the face of doubt. — Vita Sackville-West
Nothing shows up the difference between the things said or read, so much as the daily experience of it. — Vita Sackville-West