All the Colors We Will See Quotes

“In its dormant state, absent bright, green leaves or the rustle of birds nesting in limbs, the tree still stands proud and tall.”
― Patrice Gopo, All the Colors We Will See: Reflections on Barriers, Brokenness, and Finding Our Way

“The things we overlook when we think we understand.”
― Patrice Gopo, All the Colors We Will See: Reflections on Barriers, Brokenness, and Finding Our Way

“It’s just that sometimes all this talk about being made white as snow, all the images of being black with sin before cleansing makes us white—sometimes it’s just a lot . . .” My voice trailed off. I held the book before her, offering it as if the words could rise up and articulate what I was stumbling through. I wanted to explain to her the weariness of knowing the name for one’s race equates with evil, sin, and death.”
― Patrice Gopo, All the Colors We Will See: Reflections on Barriers, Brokenness, and Finding Our Way