Donn Vandermeulen

“… One thing was clear – the trek would be a terrible test of endurance before it was over. There was always another thought too – the Japs. Were they giving chase? Nobody knew and few now cared … Captain Gribble”
― Elizabeth Tebby Germaine, EXTRAORDINARY TRUE STORIES OF SURVIVAL IN BURMA WW2: tens of thousands fled to India from the Japanese Invasion in 1942

“Investigating
Professor Shore from Memphis State,
Decided to investigate
Just how the elephant's tail was tied
Onto the elephant's leathery hide.
Well while he was investigating,
Something happened so nauseating,
That I fear it might make you sick to hear it.
So let's just say Professor Shore
Doesn't investigate tails no more.
(You`ll find surprises happen mostly
When we investigate too closely)”
― Shel Silverstein

“I was not wounded in any part of my body, but I had never experienced such intense pain, such a ripping of the nerves, such an ache of the heart.”
― Yann Martel, Life of Pi

“Hours passed—or maybe days. It didn’t matter. The body adapted. But the mind—
The mind needed purpose.
      ”
― D.L. Maddox, The Dog Walker: The Prequel