Damn you, spoilt creature; I shan’t make you love me any the more by giving myself away like this.

Vita Sackvillewest
About This Quote

This quote is the final one in the collection. It’s an important one, because the speaker is urging her lover not to make any more sacrifices for her. He’s saying that it would be better for them both if he did not give her anything more. The reader can be assured that the speaker has already given up something that is very dear to her, but this is not enough.

Source: The Letters Of Vita Sackvillewest And Virginia Woolf

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