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

The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to speak openly and candidly on the subject of race, and to apply the Constitution with eyes open to the unfortunate effects of centuries of racial discrimination.

It's not the heart that compels conclusions in cases, it's the law.

Pretending to be a princess is fun, but it is definitely not a career.

My mom loved the book [My beloved world] and she said to me, 'I never knew you had done so much.'

I realized that people had an unreal image of me, that somehow I was a god on Mount Olympus. I decided that if I were going to make use of my role as a Supreme Court Justice, it would be to inspire people to realize that, first, I was just like them and second, if I could do it, so could they.

Success is its own reward, but failure is a great teacher too, and not to be feared.