My mother’s biggest fear was the threat of amputations, - Sonia Sotomayor

there’s something very special about you. You’ve been blessed. I’m glad we met.

have always argued like a man, more noticeably in the context of those days, when an apologetic and tentative manner of speech was the norm among women. I don’t know where I learned this style, but it has served me well, especially in the years when most of the people I was arguing with were men.

Achievement was all very well, but it was the process, not the goal, that was most important.