Rachel Carson — "The edge of the sea is a strange and beautiful place."

"The fact that we are so ignorant of the long-term effects of these chemicals is terrifying."

"The 'control of nature' is a phrase conceived in arrogance, born of the Neanderthal age of biology and philosophy, when it was supposed that nature exists for the convenience of man."

"The beauty of a tree, the song of a bird, the murmur of a stream—these are the things that nourish the soul."

"The more we learn about these chemicals, the more terrifying the prospect becomes."

"We stand now where two roads diverge. But unlike the roads in Robert Frost's familiar poem, they are not equally fair. The road we have long been traveling is deceptively easy, a smooth superhighway o…"