The question is whether any civilization can wage relentless war on life without destroying itself, and without losing the right to be called civilized.
Rachel CarsonScience is part of the reality of living; it is the what, the how, and the why of everything in our experience.
Rachel CarsonA Who's Who of pesticides is therefore of concern to us all. If we are going to live so intimately with these chemicals eating and drinking them, taking them into the very marrow of our bones - we had better know something about their nature and their power.
Rachel CarsonOnly within the moment of time represented by the present century has one species -- man -- acquired significant power to alter the nature of the world.
Rachel Carson