Author: Jane Birkin

Quotes

I love Dickens because it makes me chuckle to myself so. He has taken me to another world and out of so many earthly miseries.

I love Dickens because it makes me chuckle to myself so. He has taken me to another world and out of so many earthly miseries.

- Jane Birkin

When I was at school I used to scream in trains, in those concertina things between the carriages. I used to try to be so good that sometimes I couldn't bear it any more.

When I was at school I used to scream in trains, in those concertina things between the carriages. I used to try to be so good that sometimes I couldn't bear it any more.

- Jane Birkin

He painted me when I was young because he was in love with me, but now that he has loved me he doesn't paint me anymore.

He painted me when I was young because he was in love with me, but now that he has loved me he doesn't paint me anymore.

- Jane Birkin

When you start recognising that you're having fun, life can be delightful.

When you start recognising that you're having fun, life can be delightful.

- Jane Birkin

Big Ben... hearing the chimes makes me feel at home.

Big Ben... hearing the chimes makes me feel at home.

- Jane Birkin

If you fall in love with a country and its people, that makes any country warm to you.

If you fall in love with a country and its people, that makes any country warm to you.

- Jane Birkin

A Birkin bag is a very good rain hat; just put everything else in a plastic bag.

A Birkin bag is a very good rain hat; just put everything else in a plastic bag.

- Jane Birkin

When I arrived in France aged 20, I marched against the death penalty, which was an unpopular thing to protest against at the time.

When I arrived in France aged 20, I marched against the death penalty, which was an unpopular thing to protest against at the time.

- Jane Birkin

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