Famous Quotes by James McBride

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

Sometimes, you just have to admit there's a bigger plan. You're part of it, whether you see it or not.

Humor is a good way to keep people from getting too close to your heart.

Writing is an act of faith. You have to believe in yourself, your story, and the world you’re creating.

Writing is about finding that unique voice, and it starts with finding who you really are.

The truth is never simple. It requires looking deeply into things, even if we don’t like what we see.

People’s lives are like rivers that have carved out new paths but are still connected to the same source.

The past is what we make of it. We can learn from it, or we can let it weigh us down.

When you understand somebody else’s pain, you start to heal your own.

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

Great stories don’t teach you to live; they remind you of how you’re already living.

The moment you think you understand something, that’s the moment you stop trying to understand it.

If you don’t make a place for yourself, nobody else will.

To find yourself, you have to lose yourself in someone else’s story, in their pain, in their world.

It’s the broken people, the misfits, the ones the world tries to hide, who have the most to teach us.

The heart is a deep well, and it takes courage to draw from it.

People are more than what they seem, more than their problems, and often more than their pain.

We are all connected by the simple fact that each of us needs somebody.

In the end, we’re all just looking for someone who will tell us it’s going to be okay.

Faith is not about whether you believe in God; it's about how you find meaning when you don't have answers.

If you can make people laugh, they’re more likely to listen to what you have to say.