Five-Carat Soul Quotes

“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. He’s loving what God made, is what he said.”
― James McBride, Five-Carat Soul

“He didn’t look mad, but he didn’t look like Martin Luther King neither.”
― James McBride, Five-Carat Soul

“She does her hair in an Afro like Cicely Tyson, that famous actress I seen on TV once, or Angela Davis, who I don’t know exactly who she is but they say she’s got guts and ain’t scared of white people.”
― James McBride, Five-Carat Soul

“Man hates. Animals don’t hate. You been in the zoo too long, Rubs. Who could hate old Rubs? Hate you because you’re scared of something? We’re all scared of something, Rubs. Just remember every fear that lives inside makes you smaller. But when you air your fears, they disappear.” “How’s that?”
― James McBride, Five-Carat Soul

“,',,[B]ut you remind me of things I can't think about no more. I'm in the last October of life looking for a few more Aprils. I don't want to remember no more.”
― James McBride, Five-Carat Soul

“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, Five-Carat Soul

“They need God in New Jersey, too.”
― James McBride, Five-Carat Soul

“See, dance changes people. Dancing makes you free. It makes people happy.”
― James McBride, Five-Carat Soul