Jane Birkin is beautiful, but even more than that, she is memorable.
“I learned from him that often contradiction is the clearest way to truth”
― Just Kids
― Just Kids
“In this world, there are things you can only do alone, and things you can only do with somebody else. It's important to combine the two in just the right amount.”
― After Dark
― After Dark
“But what seems like a reasonable distance to one person might feel too far to somebody else.”
― After Dark
― After Dark
“If you really want to know something, you have to be willing to pay the price.”
― After Dark
― After Dark
“I do feel that I’ve managed to make something I could maybe call my world…over time…little by little. And when I’m inside it, to some extent, I feel kind of relieved. But the very fact I felt I had to make such a world probably means that I’m a weak person, that I bruise easily, don’t you think? And in the eyes of society at large, that world of mine is a puny little thing. It’s like a cardboard house: a puff of wind might carry it off somewhere.”
― After Dark
― After Dark
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