Penpals Quotes

“I've always thought of being in love as being willing to do anything for the other person--starve to buy them bread and not mind living in Siberia with them--and I've always thought that every minute away from them would be hell--so looking at it that way, I guess I'm not in love with you.

[Letter to suitor, R. Beverley Corbin, Jr.
20 January 1947]”
― Jackie Kennedy Onassis

“You are so goddamn special, Ruby. I’ll tell you every day if I have to

~Aaron×Ruby

ᵉᵛᵉʳʸᵒⁿᵉ ⁿᵉᵉᵈˢ ˢᵒᵐᵉᵒⁿᵉ ˢᵖᵉᶜⁱᵃˡ ˡⁱᵏᵉ ᵗʰⁱˢ *ˢⁿⁱᶠᶠˢ*”
― Mariana Zapata, Dear Aaron

“At first, you really were just a nice stranger. Then you were my friend, and I really did want you to be happy and do your thing,” he explained softly. “And then it changed. The next thing I knew, you were telling me about some dick kissing you and it pissed me off more than anything ever had before


~Aaron×Ruby”
― Mariana Zapata, Dear Aaron

“A business isn’t successful overnight. You don’t get promoted in a week. Everything takes time. Everything that is important and good and worthwhile, takes time. I’m not the kind of man who doesn’t know that. Just looking at you makes me happy. Listening to you makes me happy. So come over here if you want, but only if you want


~ Aaron×Ruby”
― Mariana Zapata, Dear Aaron

“If school days are the happiest of your life, I'm hanging myself with my skip-rope tonight.”
― Jackie Kennedy Onassis

“I'm never going to send my children to boarding school. The boys can go to P.S. 148 with gangsters, and then go to Columbia & the girls can go to Hunter College and they'll all be morons but at least they wont have to tear around and get their teeth knocked out playing hockey every day.

[Letter to R. Beverley Corbin, Jr, 3 October 1946]”
― Jackie Kennedy Onassis

“I do love you though--and can love you without kissing you every time I see you and I hope you understand that.

[Letter to her suitor, R. Beverley Corbin, Jr, 10 October 1946]”
― Jackie Kennedy Onassis