I have ventured to write more intimately about my personal life than is customary for a member of the Supreme Court, and with that candor comes a measure of vulnerability.

[On the desert:] The wind was a constant, and when you paid attention, it seemed like the earth's own breathing.

I come to every case with an open mind. Every case is new to me.

The first case I sat on... was Citizens United. Talk about being thrown in. Needless to say, if I was scared before, I was terrified.

Don't mistake politeness for lack of strength.

I hope in my book [My Beloved World], that the sense that I really feel connected comes through.

The schools that suffer are the schools in, in poor neighborhoods. They are the neighborhoods with the greatest need, with the parents struggling to work and to make ends meet. They don't have enough resources to give, they don't have enough resources to pay more, and these are the neighborhoods that go first.