"My reading of what happened with President Kennedy is that it's exactly what he did. It was high-stakes diplomacy. It was pushing hard to get the world community to understand, going to the UN, making a presentation, getting international opinion against the placement of Russian weapons in Cuba, making a deal eventually with the Russians that led to the removal of the weapons."
"I can almost still recognize a piece of myself that's drawn to be in relationships with people in that sort of deep and tragic but very rich context. It's still me. Dear Mrs. Kennedy: I have never seen our football players cry... but today, they did."