“Christmas, as a practicing Catholic child, was seen as a reward for lots and lots and lots of church.”— Jenny Colgan Related Quotes “I’m perfectly happy when I look out at an audience and it’s all women. I always think it’s kind of odd, but then, more women than men, I think, read and write poetry.”– Diane Wakoski “It’s something that black men still go through to this day, which is women clutching their purses, hitting the lock button on store, or just basic attitudes. And even as a U.S. congressman, as a black man, it is very, very frustrating, and you build up an internal anger about it that you can’t act on.”— Cedric Richmond “When they finished laughing they were on their way to being not just friends, but the dearest of friends, the sort of friends whose lives are shaped by the friendship.”— Robin McKinley