97 Quotes by Jackie Kennedy

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

Love of books is the best of all.

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?

Aristotle Onassis rescued me at a moment when my life was engulfed with shadows. He brought me into a world where one could find both happiness and love. We lived through many beautiful experiences together which cannot be forgotten, and for which I will be eternally grateful.

I am happiest when I am alone.

I think the major role of the First Lady is to take care of the President so that he can best serve the people. And not to fail her family, her husband, and children.

If school days are the happiest days of your life, I'm hanging myself with my skip-rope tonight.

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

[On John F. Kennedy:] ... now he is a legend when he would have preferred to be a man.