“The ring was all blood-stained… so I put the ring on Jack's finger… and then I kissed his hand…”
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis (1929–1994) public figure, First Lady to 35th U.S. President John F. Kennedy
The "Camelot" interview (29 November 1963)
“When Jack Burns needed to hold his mother's hand, his fingers could see in the dark.”
— John Irving, book Until I Find You
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