Marisol

“... a surplus of effort could overcome a deficit of confidence. Page 115”
― Sonia Sotomayor, My Beloved World

“Life will break you. Nobody can protect you from that, and living alone won’t either, for solitude will also break you with its yearning. You have to love. You have to feel. It is the reason you are here on earth. You are here to risk your heart. You are here to be swallowed up.”
― Louise Erdrich, The Painted Drum

“I think that even someone who got into an institution through affirmative action could prove they were qualified by what they accomplished there. Page 188”
― Sonia Sotomayor, My Beloved World

“Many of the gaps in my knowledge and understanding were simply limits of class and cultural background, not lack of aptitude or application as I feared. Page 135”
― Sonia Sotomayor, My Beloved World