Serenity of spirit and ...

Serenity of spirit and turbulence of action should make up the sum of a man\'s life.
Serenity of spirit and turbulence of action should make up the sum of a man's life.
 Vita Sackville-West

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Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.
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I worshipped dead men for their strength, Forgetting I was strong.
 Vita Sackville-West
Click, clack, click, clack, went their conversation, like so many knitting-needles, purl, plain, purl, plain, achieving a complex pattern of references, cross-references, Christian names, nicknames, and fleeting allusions.
 Vita Sackville-West
There is nothing more lovely in life than the union of two people whose love for one another has grown through the years, from the small acorn of passion, into a great rooted tree
 Vita Sackville-West
The most noteworthy thing about gardeners is that they are always optimistic, always enterprising, and never satisfied. They always look forward to doing something better than they have ever done before.
 Vita Sackville-West
Women, like men, ought to have their years so glutted with freedom that they hate the very idea of freedom.
 Vita Sackville-West