Quote of the day
The sun was like a great visiting presence that stimulated and took its due from all animal energy. When it flung wide its cloak and stepped down over the edge of the fields at evening, it left behind it a spent and exhausted world.
Vita Sackville-West
Born: March 9, 1892
Died: June 2, 1962 (aged 70)
Bio: The Honourable Victoria Mary Sackville-West, Lady Nicolson, usually known as Vita Sackville-West, was an English poet, novelist, and garden designer.
Known for:
- The Edwardians (1930)
- All Passion Spent (1931)
- Knole and the Sackvilles (1922)
- Passenger to Teheran (1926)
- In Your Garden (1951)
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