If a child is to keep alive his inborn sense of wonder, he needs the companionship of at least one adult who can share it, rediscovering with him the joy, excitement, and mystery of the world we live in.
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 CarsonThe 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.
Rachel CarsonScience is part of the reality of living; it is the what, the how, and the why of everything in our experience.
Rachel Carson