There is no drop of water in the ocean, not even in the deepest parts of the abyss, that does not know and respond to the mysterious forces that create the tide.
RACHEL CARSONThe road we have long been traveling is deceptively easy, a smooth superhighway on which we progress with great speed, but at its end lies disaster.
More Rachel Carson Quotes
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A rainy day is the perfect time for a walk in the woods.
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Have we fallen into a mesmerized state that makes us accept as inevitable that which is inferior or detrimental, as though having lost the will or the vision to demand that which is good?
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The years of early childhood are the time to prepare the soil.
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For the first time in the history of the world, every human being is now subjected to contact with dangerous chemicals, from the moment of conception until death.
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I like to define biology as the history of the earth and all its life – past, present, and future.
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One way to open your eyes is to ask yourself, “What if I had never seen this before? What if I knew i would never see it again?
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Those who love and free nature are never alone.
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The more clearly we can focus our attention on the wonders and realities of the universe about us, the less taste we shall have for destruction.
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But most of all I shall remember the monarchs, that unhurried westward drift of one small winged form after another, each drawn by some invisible force.
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In every outthrust headland, in every curving beach, in every grain of sand there is the story of the earth.
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A child’s world is fresh and new and beautiful, full of wonder and excitement.
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The human race is challenged more than ever before to demonstrate our mastery, not over nature but of ourselves.
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It is also an era dominated by industry, in which the right to make a dollar at whatever cost is seldom challenged.
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The control of nature is a phrase conceived in arrogance.
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The discipline of the writer is to learn to be still and listen to what his subject has to tell him.
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