He would have preferred to be a man.

14 August 1963. Author: Cecil W. Stoughton

"Now, I think that I should have known that he was magic all along. I did know it — but I should have guessed that it would be too much to ask to grow old with and see our children grow up together. So now, he is a legend when he would have preferred to be a man." 

~ Quoted from article written by Jacqueline Kennedy for Look Magazine (17 November 1964) JFK memorial issue.