I have been through a lot and have suffered a great deal. But I have had lots of happy moments, as well. Every moment one lives is different from the other. The good, the bad, hardship, the joy, the tragedy, love, and happiness are all interwoven into one single, indescribable whole that is called life. You cannot separate the good from the bad. And perhaps there is no need to do so, either.

I think my biggest achievement is that, after going through a rather difficult time, I consider myself comparatively sane.

Even though people may be well known they still hold in their hearts the emotions of a simple person for the moments that are the most important of those we know on earth - birth, marriage, death.

We are the only country in the world that trashes its old buildings. Too late we realize how very much we need them.

An Editor becomes kind of your mother. You expect love and encouragement from an Editor.

The greatest responsibility is your children. If my children turned out badly, I'd feel that nothing I had done was worthwhile.

Can anyone understand how it is to have lived in the White House and then, suddenly, to be living alone as the President's widow?