Quotes from Bernie Chowdhury

If the apple of the next generation could fall farther from the tree, and get less shade from its parent, then the new tree might grow taller and healthier.

In practical terms, the trick to successful participation in a high-risk sport is to acknowledge that bad things can happen, make every effort to prevent those things from happening, and be prepared to confront accidents when they do occur.

Chris told her later that he had overheard their priest declaring that the accident would not have happened if Chris had attended church regularly. For Chris, the priest's belief was such an insult he did not enter a church again except to attend weddings or funerals.

Although the fight-or-flight response may have helped primitive man survive, it is deadly to the diver. Underwater problems have to be solved underwater.

Underwater, the regulators in their mouths created a self-imposed bickering moratorium which made their dives more enjoyable.

This mask is attached to pure oxygen, which is thought to be very beneficial to someone suffering a diving injury, and to their chances of recovery," Dave recited. "I suggest you breathe the oxygen, but the choice is entirely yours.

whenever complacency took hold in our diving careers, disaster was sure to follow.

I knew that underwater problems had to be solved underwater.

the normalization of risk in the lives of her high-risk subjects.