Quotes by : James McBride

My parents were nonmaterialistic. They believed that money without knowledge was worthless, that education....

I asked her if I was black or white. She replied "You are a human being. Educate yourself or you'll be....

The old face, crinkled and dented with canals running every which way, pushed and shoved up against itself....

That was the Old Man’s favorite song. “Blow Ye Trumpet.” Them Negroes was far away from the doings....

If you don't have humor, you're not going to make it. You're going to be one of those people who walks....

It was always so hot, and everyone was so polite, and everything was all surface but underneath it was....

God is the color of water. Water doesn't have a color.

Not a week after Annie put her foot in Mrs. Huffmaster's duff, the Captain upped and laid down the date.....

We all got to die," she said. "But dying as your true self is always better. God'll take you however....

Whatever you is, Onion," he said, "be it full.