Caroline Kennedy Quotes
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John and I were lucky because our mother was a strong woman with high expectations and a strong sense of values. She encouraged us to pursue things we were interested in and not think about what other people wanted us to do.
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In terms of my marriage, you know, falling in love with my husband was by far the best thing that's ever happened to me.
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I never thought I'd be doing poetry books. I never really studied poetry. But the first one I did was after my mother died, and I realized that people sort of think and talk about her style and fashion, but in fact, what made her the person she was was really her love of reading and ideas.
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Now more than ever, I have learned that, when people die, they truly do live throughout those who love them.
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Sharing the holiday with other people, and feeling that you're giving of yourself, gets you past all the commercialism.
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I grew up in New York, I love New York.
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There are many ways to serve.
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The biggest problem is people are afraid of poetry, think they can't understand it or that it will be boring.
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I can see both sides of term limits, and I think, in different positions, term limits make more sense than in some others.
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I enjoy writing. I enjoy that kind of process.
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People don't always realize that my parents shared a sense of intellectual curiosity and a love of reading and of history.
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I'm not as shy as everybody makes me out to be.
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I've raised three kids. I'm a lawyer. I've written books on the Constitution.
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I don't remember my father reading to me, but I remember him telling me bedtime stories. I got to pick what was in them, and then he'd make them up.
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It is not easy to stand up against your constituents or your friends or colleagues or your community and take a tough stand for something you believe is right. Because you always want to keep working and live to fight another battle and it might cost you your career.
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As much as we need a prosperous economy, we also need a prosperity of kindness and decency.
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To the extent that we are all educated and informed, we will be more equipped to deal with the gut issues that tend to divide us.
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You have to remind kids to stay connected to the meaning of Christmas. Sometimes it takes a little bit of effort, but it's so worth it.
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One of the greatest gifts my brother and I received from my mother was her love of literature and language. With their boundless energy, libraries open the door to these worlds and so many others. I urge young and old alike to embrace all that libraries have to offer.
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I know how important it is to, you know, to be my own person.
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When you're going through something, whether it's a wonderful thing like having a child or a sad thing like losing somebody, you often feel like 'Oh my God, I'm so overwhelmed; I'm dealing with this huge thing on my own.' In fact, poetry's a nice reminder that, no, everybody goes through it. These are universal experiences.
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Well I've been writing books. So that, by its nature, is kind of a solitary occupation. And from time to time I have research help, but mostly I've done those completely on my own.
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Going into politics is something people have asked me about forever.
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We need a President who is not afraid of complexity, who believes in an open and tolerant society, and who knows that the world can be made new again - and that President is Al Gore.