I feel like my grandparents and parents gave me a tremendous amount. And if I can pass some of that on, then I'll be very happy. Caroline Kennedy More Quotes by Caroline Kennedy More Quotes From Caroline Kennedy 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. Caroline Kennedy reading stories father After my mom died, there was so much written about her fashion and her style and all that, and I felt that one of the most important parts of her was missing, her real intellectual curiosity. Caroline Kennedy fashion mom real Well there's nobody who has a more supportive husband than I do, and he has a business that he runs, and it's his own business, so he has work to do, my kids have school to do, I mean, people have - there are other things in life besides politics. Caroline Kennedy husband running school I've raised three kids. I'm a lawyer. I've written books on the Constitution. Caroline Kennedy three kids book The biggest problem is people are afraid of poetry, think they can't understand it or that it will be boring. Caroline Kennedy problem people thinking I can see both sides of term limits, and I think, in different positions, term limits make more sense than in some others. Caroline Kennedy term-limits different thinking I grew up in a household where reading was encouraged. My mother believed in the power of words, and my father obviously did too. Caroline Kennedy reading mother father I've been a Democrat all my life. Caroline Kennedy democrat I have a lifelong devotion to public service. Caroline Kennedy lifelong public-service devotion 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. Caroline Kennedy becoming-an-adult adults thinking 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. Caroline Kennedy president believe needs 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. Caroline Kennedy done writing book 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. Caroline Kennedy funny book people I grew up in New York, I love New York. Caroline Kennedy grew grew-up new-york 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. Caroline Kennedy fighting mean commitment 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. Caroline Kennedy fashion mother book Most of the books that I've written have been focused on, sort of, the individual, and sort of, either a voice, a personal voice, or a kind of transforming event where they step forward to fight for something they value. Caroline Kennedy voice fighting book 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. Caroline Kennedy mother father years I think that the presidency really brings out the best in a lot of people. Caroline Kennedy presidency people thinking Education was the most important value in our home when I was growing up. People don't always realize that my parents shared a sense of intellectual curiosity and a love of reading and of history. Caroline Kennedy education home love history
