Quotes by James McBride, The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother

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I asked her if I was black or white. She replied "You are a human being. Educate yourself or you'll be a nobody! — James McBride, The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother
God is the color of water. Water doesn't have a color. — James McBride, The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother
It was always so hot, and everyone was so polite, and everything was all surface but underneath it was like a bomb waiti — James McBride, The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother
My parents were nonmaterialistic. They believed that money without knowledge was worthless, that education tempered with — James McBride, The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother
There's such a big difference between being dead and alive, I told myself, the greatest gift that anyone can give anyone — James McBride, The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother
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 — James McBride, The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother