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> [“We all got to die," she said. "But dying as your true self is always better. God'll take you however you come to Him. But it's easier on a soul to come to Him clean. You're forever free that way.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-mcbride/we-all-got-to-die-she-said-but-dying-as-your-true-self-is-always/)

[James McBride](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-mcbride/)

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> [“A body can't prosper if a person don't know who they are. That makes you poor as a pea, not knowing who you are inside. That's worse than being anything in the world on the outside.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-mcbride/a-body-can-t-prosper-if-a-person-don-t-know-who-they-are-that-makes/)

[James McBride](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-mcbride/)

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