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

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.

The Latina in me is an ember that blazes forever.

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

The idea of a commonwealth relationship is alien to most people but I think that's true generally.

There are no bystanders in this life.

Sometimes, idealistic people are put off the whole business of networking as something tainted by flattery and the pursuit of selfish advantage. But virtue in obscurity is rewarded only in Heaven. To succeed in this world you have to be known to people.