I think my mother… made it clear that you have to live life by your own terms and you have to not worry about what other people think and you have to have the courage to do the unexpected. – Caroline Kennedy
Growing up in politics I know that women decide all elections because we do all the work. – Caroline Kennedy
I never thought Id 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
In a funny way, poems are suited to modern life. Theyre short, theyre intense. Nobody has time to read a 700-page book. People read magazines, and a poem takes less time than an article. – Caroline Kennedy