The man was the finest preacher. He could make a frog stand up straight and get happy with Jesus.

- James Mcbride

Be kind to the living.

- James Mcbride

The basic thing is to be humble, and pretend you're a bartender in the tavern of life. Don't get too comfortable and don't really listen to anybody e…

- James Mcbride

The black church will accept anybody.

- James Mcbride

So sweet and precious is family life.

- 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 greate…

- James Mcbride

It was always so hot, and everyone was so polite, and everything was all surface but underneath it was like a bomb waiting to go off. I always felt t…

- James Mcbride

You have to choose between what the world expects of you and what you want for yourself.

- James Mcbride

My parents were nonmaterialistic. They believed that money without knowledge was worthless, that education tempered with religion was the way to clim…

- James Mcbride