Rachel Carson

Quotes

• “There is one quality that characterizes all of us who deal with the sciences of the earth and its life-we are never bored. We can’t be. There is always something new to be investigated. Every mystery solved brings us to the threshold of a greater one...”

• “There is symbolic as well as actual beauty in the migration of birds, in the ebb and flow of the tides; in the folded bud ready for the spring. There is something infinitely healing in these repeated refrains of nature-the assurance that dawn comes after night, and spring after winter.”

• “The sediments are a sort of epic poem of the earth.”

• “Can anyone believe it is possible to lay down such a barrage of poisons on the surface of the earth without making it unfit for all life? They should not be called “insecticides,” but “biocides.””

• “We have been troubled about the world, and had almost lost faith in man; it helps to think about the long history of the earth, and of how life came to be.”

Books by Rachel Carson in order

Books by Rachel Carson in the order they were published, from Under the Sea Wind (1941) to Man's War Against Nature (2021).

1. 1Under the Sea WindUnder the Sea Wind1941
2. 2Food from Home WatersFood from Home Waters1943
3. 3Food from the SeaFood from the Sea1943
4. 4Fish and Shellfish of the South Atlantic and Gulf CoastsFish and Shellfish of the South Atlantic and Gulf Coasts1944
5. 5Fish and Shellfish of the Middle Atlantic CoastFish and Shellfish of the Middle Atlantic Coast1945
6. 6Chincoteague, a National Wildlife RefugeChincoteague, a National Wildlife Refuge1947
7. 7Mattamuskeet, a National Wildlife RefugeMattamuskeet, a National Wildlife Refuge1947
8. 8Guarding Our Wildlife ResourcesGuarding Our Wildlife Resources1948
9. 9The Sea Around UsThe Sea Around Us1950
10. 10The Edge of the SeaThe Edge of the Sea1955
11. 11Help Your Child to WonderHelp Your Child to Wonder1956
12. 12The Sense of WonderThe Sense of Wonder1956
13. 13Of Man and the Stream of TimeOf Man and the Stream of Time1962
14. 14Silent SpringSilent Spring1962
15. 15Rachel Carson the Sense of WonderRachel Carson the Sense of Wonder1965
16. 16Printemps SilencieuxPrintemps Silencieux2014
17. 17Silent Spring & Other Writings on the EnvironmentSilent Spring & Other Writings on the Environment2018
18. 18El sentido del asombroEl sentido del asombro2021
19. 19Man's War Against NatureMan's War Against Nature2021
20. 20Always, RachelAlways, Rachel
21. 21Lost WoodsLost Woods
22. 22Rachel Carson : The Sea TrilogyRachel Carson : The Sea Trilogy
23. 23Since Silent SpringSince Silent Spring
24. 24The Rocky CoastThe Rocky Coast

Series by Rachel Carson

• The Sea Trilogy