It was a spring without voices.

Rachel Carson · The source reads: “There was a strange stillness. The birds, for example—where had they gone? Many people spoke of them, puzzled and disturbed. The feeding stations in the backyards were deserted. The few birds seen anywhere were moribund; they trembled violently and could not fly. It was a spring without voices.” · Silent Spring (1962), opening fable

The "control of nature" is a phrase conceived in arrogance.

Rachel Carson · The source reads: “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.” · Silent Spring (1962)

The edge of the sea is a strange and beautiful place.

Rachel Carson · The source reads: “The edge of the sea is a strange and beautiful place. All through the long history of Earth it has been an area of unrest where waves have broken heavily against the land, where the tides have pressed forward over the continents, receded, and then returned. For no two successive days is the shore line precisely the same.” · The Edge of the Sea (1955)

In an age when man has forgotten his origins and is blind even to his most essential needs for survival, water along with other resources has become the victim of his indifference.

Rachel Carson · Silent Spring (1962)

In the afternoon they came unto a land In which it seemed always afternoon.

Alfred, Lord Tennyson · The Lotos-Eaters (1832), st. 1

The three great elemental sounds in nature are the sound of rain, the sound of wind in a primeval wood, and the sound of outer ocean on a beach.

Henry Beston · The Outermost House (1928), ch. 3

Daffodils, That come before the swallow dares, and take The winds of March with beauty.

William Shakespeare · The Winter’s Tale (1610–1611), IV, iii

“It was a spring without voices.”

“The "control of nature" is a phrase conceived in arrogance.”

“The edge of the sea is a strange and beautiful place.”

“In an age when man has forgotten his origins and is blind even to his most essential needs for survival, water along with other resources has become the victim of his indifference.”

“In the afternoon they came unto a land In which it seemed always afternoon.”

“The three great elemental sounds in nature are the sound of rain, the sound of wind in a primeval wood, and the sound of outer ocean on a beach.”

“Daffodils, That come before the swallow dares, and take The winds of March with beauty.”

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