Quote #24
His head was so beautiful. I tried to hold the top of his head down, maybe I could keep it in... but I knew he was dead.
More from Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
- They were gunning the motorcycles. There were these little backfires. There was one noise like that. I thought it was a backfire. Then next…
- When they carried Jack in, Hill threw his coat over Jack's head, and I held his head to throw the coat over it. It wasn't repulsive to me f…
- There'd been the biggest motorcade from the airport. Hot. Wild. Like Mexico and Vienna. The sun was so strong in our faces. I couldn't put …
- These big Texas interns kept saying, 'Mrs. Kennedy, you come with us', they wanted to take me away from him... But I said 'I'm not leaving'…
- We should all do something to right the wrongs that we see and not just complain about them.
- I said, 'I want to be in there when he dies'... so Burkeley forced his way into the operating room and said, 'It's her prerogative, it's he…
- I think my biggest achievement is that, after going through a rather difficult time, I consider myself comparatively sane.
- I held his hand all the time the priest was saying extreme unction.