“One must not let oneself be overwhelmed by sadness.”

Quoted in The Unknown Wisdom of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis (1994) edited by Bill Adler

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public figure, First Lady to 35th U.S. President John F. Ke… 1929–1994

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