Rachel Carson: To Stand At the Edge of the Sea

To stand at the edge of the sea, to sense the ebb and flow 

of the tides, to feel the 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 years, 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.

 

- Rachel Carson