“If you don’ want me I can go off in the hills an’ find a cave. I can go away any time.” “No – look! I was jus’ foolin’, Lennie. ‘Cause I want you to stay with me.” – John Steinbeck Of Mice and Men, Chapter 1. Lennie and George. Poor Lennie offers to go and find a cave if George doesn’t want him anymore. But while Lennie may annoy him sometimes George needs him and doesn’t want to be without him.
Whether in cave paintings or the latest uses of the Internet, human beings have always told their histories and truths through parable and fable. We are inveterate storytellers. – Beeban Kidron
I’d rather live in a cave with a view of a palace than live in a palace with a view of a cave. – Karl Pilkington
The Florida peninsula is, in fact, an emerging plateau, honeycombed with voids and vents, caves and underground waterways. Travelers on Interstate Highway I-75 have no idea that, beneath them, are cave labyrinths still being mapped by speleologists – ‘cavers,’ they prefer to be called. – Randy Wayne White
The lyrics are different from Nick Cave songs and lyrics. His songs are very narrative. – Stephen Malkmus