I had many reasons for writing memoir but among them was the hope that every Latino child and adult would find something familiar in it.
Sonia SotomayorThere are no bystanders in life [...] Our humanity makes us each a part of something greater than ourselves.
Sonia SotomayorMy hope is that I will take the good from my experiences and extrapolate them further into areas with which I am unfamiliar. I simply do not know exactly what that difference will be in my judging. But I accept there will be some based on my gender and my Latina heritage.
Sonia SotomayorI had many reasons for writing this book but among them was the hope that every Latino child and adult would find something familiar in it. And my hope is that when they finish reading the book, that they will come away with a renewed sense of pride in our culture and in who we are. We get a lot of strength from that [culture and identity] and we should be proud of it.
Sonia Sotomayor