Being away from home gave me a chance to look at myself with a jaundiced eye

[To Oleg Cassini:] Just make sure no one has exactly the same dress I do ... I want all of mine to be original & no fat little woman hopping around in the same dress.

You must continue. Poets are the ones who change the world.

The one thing I do not want to be called is First Lady. It sounds like a saddle horse. Would you notify the telephone operators and everyone else that I'm to be known simply as Mrs. Kennedy and not as First Lady.

Americans care about their past, but for short term gain they ignore it and tear down everything that matters.

I always wanted to be some kind of writer or newspaper reporter. But after college... I did other things.

Do you think that God would separate me from my husband if I killed myself? I feel as though I am going out of my mind at times. Wouldn’t God understand that I just want to be with him?