Explore Quotes by Caroline Kennedy

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.

The happiest years of my mother's life were spent in Washington, D.C. It was where she met my father, where John was born and where I spent my earliest years.

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.

In a funny way, poems are suited to modern life. They're short, they're intense. Nobody has time to read a 700-page book. People read magazines, and a poem takes less time than an article.

I may, and I think I represent a tradition that means a lot to me, which has really always been about fighting for others, for middle-class families, for working class - for working people, you know, and that's a tradition and a commitment that I take very seriously.

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.

I've campaigned for people. I've campaigned across the country for people. I have supported people in local elections. I do work with groups and causes. So, I feel like I am a participant and a civically-engaged citizen.

Poetry is really a way of sharing feelings and ideas.

I've been a Democrat all my life.

There's so much to think about when you're becoming an adult, and there's so many great poems about that apprehension and excitement.

I grew up in a household where reading was encouraged. My mother believed in the power of words, and my father obviously did too.

I can see both sides of term limits, and I think, in different positions, term limits make more sense than in some others.

I've raised three kids. I'm a lawyer. I've written books on the Constitution.

Many people remember that spirit that President Kennedy summoned forth. Many people look to me as somebody who embodies that sense of possibility.

I'm not as shy as everybody makes me out to be.

I think that the presidency really brings out the best in a lot of people.

I know how important it is to, you know, to be my own person.

The biggest problem is people are afraid of poetry, think they can't understand it or that it will be boring.

Change isn't easy, it takes time.

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.

I am, you know, a Democrat through and through. I've always voted Democratic. You know, that is where my heart lies.