It really takes growing up to treasure the specialness of being different.

The task of a judge is not to make the law - it is to apply the law.

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

I strive never to forget the real world consequences of my decisions on individuals, businesses and government.

I don't have a professional aspiration. But I do have a personal one: I want to continue growing as a person. I want to reach out more to people, learn more from them. Ultimately, I would like to be a great justice that people remember with respect and fondness.

It is our responsibility to explain to the public how an often unpredictable system of justice is one that serves a productive, civilized, but always evolving, society.

When you come from a background like mine, where you're entering worlds that are so different than your own, you have to be afraid.