“Friends depart, and memory takes them
To her caverns, pure and deep.”

“Take care of all your memories. said my friend Mick, For you cannot relive them.”

Bob Dylan (1941) American singer-songwriter, musician, author, and artist

“Sand-strewn caverns, cool and deep,
Where the winds are all asleep.”

Matthew Arnold (1822–1888) English poet and cultural critic who worked as an inspector of schools

“Sweet is the memory of distant friends! Like the mellow rays of the departing sun, it falls tenderly, yet sadly, on the heart.”

Washington Irving (1783–1859) writer, historian and diplomat from the United States

“It made her pure, and those we love must be pure, otherwise we can't love them. But loving a person is also making her pure. (p. 189)”

Stig Dagerman book A Burnt Child

“Where shadows dim with shadows mate,
in caverns deep and dark.
Where old books dream of bygone days,
when they were wood and bark…”

Walter Moers book The City of Dreaming Books

“We shall go at once
To the deep caverns of the rock
Which are all secret,
There we shall enter in
And taste of the new wine of the pomegranate. ~ 37”

John of the Cross (1542–1591) Spanish mystic and Roman Catholic saint

“Evelyn slapped Raymond on the back with a laugh. 'You must be starved old friend. Come into my apartments, and we'll suffer through a deep breakfast of pure sunlight.”

Adi Da Samraj (1939–2008) American writer

“He was the first, the only love her life, and in a nature like hers such passions take deep root and die-hard.”

Louisa May Alcott A Long Fatal Love Chase

“I charm in vain; for never again,
All keenly as my glance I bend,
Will Memory, goddess coy,
Embody for my joy
Departed days, nor let me gaze
On thee, my fairy friend!”

Lewis Carroll (1832–1898) English writer, logician, Anglican deacon and photographer