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Rachel Carson Quotes
«If a child is to keep alive his inborn sense of wonder without any such gift from the fairies, 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»
Author: Rachel Carson
| About:
Adulthood,
Children,
Gifts
| Keywords:
adult, companionship, excitement, inborn, rediscover, rediscovered, rediscovering, rediscovers
«To stand at the edge of the sea, to sense the ebb and flow of the tides, to feelthe breath of a mist moving over a great salt marsh, to watch the flight of shore birds that have swept up and down the surf lines of the continents for untold thousands of year, to see the running of the old eels and the young shad to the sea, is to have knowledge of things that are as nearly eternal as any earthly life can be.»
«Only within the moment of time represented by the present century has one species -- man -- acquired significant power to alter the nature of his world.»
«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?'»
Author: Rachel Carson
| Keywords:
Open Your Eyes
«The discipline of the writer is to learn to be still and listen to what his subject has to tell him»
Author: Rachel Carson
«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»
Author: Rachel Carson
| About:
Water
| Keywords:
An Age, origins, resources, survival, The Victim, victim
«If I had influence with the good fairy who is supposed to preside over the christening of all children, I should ask that her gift to each child in the world be a sense of wonder so indestructible that it would last throughout life»
Author: Rachel Carson
| About:
Gifts
| Keywords:
christen, christened, christening, fairy, indestructible, preside, presided, presiding, The Good Fairy, throughout
«The human race is challenged more than ever before to demonstrate our mastery - not over nature but of ourselves»