Personal experiences affect the facts that judges choose to see.

I honestly felt no envy or resentment, only astonishment at how much of a world there was out there and how much of it others already knew. The agenda for self-cultivation that had been set for my classmates by their teachers and parents was something I'd have to develop for myself.

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.

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.

You make your life choices understanding that you might and do have to work harder to prove yourself.

People who live in difficult circumstances need to know that happy endings are possible. Page 1.

I am growing to love DC. But the core of Sonia is a New Yorker.