Lara Goldstein

“...you will not live to see a just world. But you will live to see acts of justice.”
― R Eric Thomas

“Maybe it’s like one of those “heartwarming” race movies where a white person with suspect ideas and a black person become friends and they both learn a lesson about difference except nothing that’s learned is new to the black person, who was just going about their black business when this whole thing started. If you see it that way, please feel free to option this story for an Oscar-winning Hollywood movie.”
― R. Eric Thomas, Here for It; Or, How to Save Your Soul in America: Essays

“They encouraged me to make friends, to try new things, to make mistakes. They gave me the space to be a blank, a mess; they never treated me like their puppet. They gave me what I needed but never told me what I wanted. They made sure I had a place to come when I was finally ready to figure it out. They loved me, no matter what. No strings attached.”
― Kate Clayborn, Georgie, All Along

“I think my goal was for people to read it and say, “You are very funny, and racism is bad.”
― R. Eric Thomas, Here for It; Or, How to Save Your Soul in America: Essays