“ God I am looking for the one thing I have never felt but once, and I would walk through heaven and earth to find it, if he would but let me find him, so that I could feel it; and if I were to feel it… James McBride
“ Everybody got God on their side in war. Problem is, God ain't tellin' nobody who He's for. James McBride
“ But all your 'sorrys' are gone when a person dies... That's why you have to say all your 'sorrys' and 'I love yous' while a person is living, because tomorrow isn't promised. James McBride
“ The enemy was irony and truth and hypocrisy, that was the real enemy. That was the enemy that was killing him. James McBride
“ My siblings had already instilled the notion of black pride in me. I would have preferred that Mommy were black. Now, as a grown man, I feel privileged to have come from two worlds. My view of the wor… James McBride
“ I was so sorry, deep in my heart I was sorry, but all your sorrys are gone when a person dies. She was gone. Gone. That's why you have to say all your sorrys and I love yous while a person is living,… James McBride
“ He said he loved Blue. He said he loved the evil in Blue. He loves the evil in all people. Because in loving their evil, he loves the evil in himself enough to surrender it to God, who washes it clean… James McBride
“ Back, Daddy said. It’ll work out. He had no idea what to do about Helen. They spoke a completely different language. He was an old-timer who called school schoolin’ and called me boy. He had run off f… James McBride
“ Wonderful, he said. Tell me. Which books in the Bible do you favor?Oh, I favors 'em all, Pa said. But I mostly like Hezekiel, Ahab, Trotter, and Pontiff the Emperor.The Old Man frowned. I don't recoll… James McBride
“ There's such a big difference between being dead and alive, I told myself, the greatest gift that anyone can give anyone else is life. And the greatest sin a person can do to another is to take away t… James McBride
“ I was ashamed of my mother, but see, love didn't come natural to me until I became a Christian.- Ruth McBride James McBride
“ I asked her who he was and she said, He was a man ahead of his time. She actually liked Malcolm X. She put him in nearly the same category as her other civil rights heroes, Paul Robeson, Jackie Robins… James McBride
“ You could see him coming from a distance, appearing out of nowhere like an angel, his silhouette seeming to rise from the ground in the simmering heat . . . James McBride
“ Most cars drove through there because the drivers is either from The Bottom and wanna get home - or they ain't from The Bottom and wanna get home in one piece. James McBride
“ The man was the finest preacher. He could make a frog stand up straight and get happy with Jesus. James McBride
“ That was the Old Man’s favorite song. “Blow Ye Trumpet.” Them Negroes was far away from the doings on the plaza where the Old Man was to hang, way out from it. But they sang it loud and clear….Blow ye… James McBride
“ See, a marriage needs love. And God. And a little money. That's all. The rest you can deal with. It's not about black or white. It's about God and don't let anyone tell you different. All this Jungle… James McBride
“ It's God's world. He washes you clean. He makes you whole. He puts rain in your garden and sunshine in your heart. "Clarence James McBride
