Nature has introduced great variety into the landscape, but man has displayed a passion for simplifying it. Thus he undoes the built-in checks and balances by which nature holds the species within bounds. Rachel More Quotes by Rachel More Quotes From Rachel This is a bond nothing can ever loosen. What I have lost: what I possess forever. Rachel disaster loss forever I'd rather live at the bottom of a well than leave Avonlea. Rachel bottom wells We still have prostitutes standing on our corner, and people crapping round the back of buildings. The charms are still there. Rachel charm building people Look, that homeless guy is sleeping on my face. New York really is where dreams come true. Rachel new-york dream sleep I used to consider myself as great as a pyramid, and now I realize that I am only a shadow that passes. Rachel realizing shadow pyramids you will I trust find heaviness may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning. Rachel joy morning night From the foot of the pyramids I contemplate twenty centuries, buried in the sand. ... I came here to hold on to fleeting life, and I see all about me only death. ... I write this, not quite knowing what I'm saying, but I dry the ink with the dust of Egyptian queens. Rachel queens dust writing