“One lives not just for oneself, but for one’s community.”

“The attitude is ‘I’m going to surmount this – whatever it is.’”

“I had a life partner who thought my work was as important as his, and I think that made all the difference for me.”

“The judiciary – unlike the legislature, unlike the president – is a reactive institution. We have no agenda. We respond to the cases that are out there. Courts don’t initiate change. People do.”

“I think the notion that we have all the democracy that money can buy strays so far from what our democracy is supposed to be.”

“Someone who used whatever talent she had to do her work to the very best of her ability. And to help repair tears in her society, to make things a little better through the use of whatever ability she has.”