Rachel Carson

I am driven by a deep love for the natural world and a concern for its future.

The more we understand nature, the more we understand ourselves.

I believe in the power of words to change the world.

The rhythm of the tides is a comfort to me.

My greatest hope is that people will come to appreciate the intricate web of life.

I am a voice for the voiceless.

The sea is a constant source of wonder and inspiration.

I feel a profound sense of responsibility to speak out.

The natural world is full of miracles, if only we take the time to see them.

I am trying to bridge the gap between science and the public.

The more I learn, the more I want to share.

My work is a labor of love.

The sea holds so many secrets.

I believe that beauty is an essential part of life.

I am writing for the future.

The natural world is a teacher.

We stand now at a crossroads. The 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. The other road—the one less traveled by—offers our only chance to arrive at a destination that assures the preservation of the earth.

A truly extraordinary thing has happened: 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.

There is no drop of water in the ocean, not a single one, that has not been a part of the life of the earth.

The beauty of the living world I was trying to save has always been uppermost in my mind—that, and anger at the heedless and needless destruction of life.