Camera Girl Quotes

“I knew that man would have a profound and disturbing effect on my life. I was rather frightened of him—because I knew if he came towards me, I wouldn’t have the power to run away—though it would probably be better if I did.”
― Carl Sferrazza Anthony, Camera Girl: The Coming of Age of Jackie Bouvier Kennedy

“I told her that night that I thought she ought to realize that Jack was thirty-five years old, had been around an awful lot all his life, had known many, many girls—this sounds like I’m an awfully disloyal friend saying these things—that she was going to have to be very understanding at the beginning, that he had never really settled down with one girl before, and that a man of thirty-five is very difficult to live with. “She was very understanding about it and accepted everything I said. Of course, later I told Jack everything I had said to her—and he was pleased because he felt it would make her better understand him.”
― Carl Sferrazza Anthony, Camera Girl: The Coming of Age of Jackie Bouvier Kennedy

“What likely dazzled the Ambassador even more than her sophisticated facade was his sense that she was covertly angling toward something greater. “It’s not what you are that counts,” he famously declared, “but what people think you are.”
― Carl Sferrazza Anthony, Camera Girl: The Coming of Age of Jackie Bouvier Kennedy

“Both also recognized that intellect was not drawn from reading alone. Intuition about individuals, the masses, and the truth of a reported situation was essential. That came from being out among others and engaging. Both inclined toward solitude, they each made the effort to pull themselves away from the page.”
― Carl Sferrazza Anthony, Camera Girl: The Coming of Age of Jackie Bouvier Kennedy

“Lorraine, a divorcée, gave Jackie some advice: “Should your husband feel compelled at some point to cheat on you, either cheat back or buy yourself a diamond tiara and send him the bill.”
― Carl Sferrazza Anthony, Camera Girl: The Coming of Age of Jackie Bouvier Kennedy