"So often in life, things that you regard as an impediment turn out to be great good fortune."

"I think that the law should be a tool for progress. To move society forward."

"I think that the court should be a place where all voices are heard."

"I think it's important to have courage. To stand up for what's right."

"When I'm sometimes asked, 'When will there be enough women on the Supreme Court?' and I say, 'When there are nine,' people are shocked. But there'd been nine men, and nobody ever raised a question abo…"