C.P. SnowThinkers

Civilization is hideously fragile... there's not much between us and the Horrors underneath, just about a coat of varnish.

The Pursuit of happiness is a most ridiculous phrase: if you pursue happiness you' II never find it.

Science is the refusal to believe on the basis of hope.

Technology is a queer thing; it brings you great gifts with one hand, and it stabs you in the back with the other.

White privilege is the recognition that white dominant society has defined and determined the terms of success and failure... they are the norm. Thus, 'achievements by members of the privileged group are viewed as meritorious and the result of individual effort, rather than as privileged.

Writing is like hosting a party... it is one's own party, but one must not enjoy oneself so much that the guests are neglected... one's enjoyment is not so much one's own as it is theirs.