“Such is the audacity of man, that he hath learned to counterfeit Nature, yea, and is so bold as to challenge her in her work.”– Pliny the Elder Related Quotes “Nature is relic of pre-human civilizations.”— Toba Beta “It appears to be a law that you cannot have a deep sympathy with both man and nature.”– Henry David Thoreau “As if the night had said to me, ‘You are the night and the night alone understands you and enfolds you in its arms’ One with the shadows. Without nightmare. An inexplicable peace.”— Anne Rice