The Choice, after all, is ours to make.

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?

Nothing is wasted in the sea; every particle of material is used over and over again, first by one creature, then by another. And when in spring the waters are deeply stirred, the warm bottom water brings to the surface a rich supply of minerals, ready for use by new forms of life.

It is not half so important to know as to feel.

The more I learned about the use of pesticides, the more appalled I became. I realized that here was the material for a book. What I discovered was that everything which meant most to me as a naturalist was being threatened, and that nothing I could do would be more important.

The shore is an ancient world, for as long as there has been an earth and sea there has been this place of the meeting of land and water.

The question is whether any civilization can wage relentless war on life without destroying itself, and without losing the right to be called civilized.