The truth is that since childhood I had cultivated an existential independence. It came from perceiving the adults around me as unreliable, and without it I felt I wouldn't have survived. I cared deeply for everyone in my family, but in the end I depended on myself.
Sonia SotomayorYou can't be a minority in this society without having someone express disapproval about affirmative action.
Sonia SotomayorThe best I could say about third grade was that it was a more or less continuous state of dread.
Sonia Sotomayor