Todd Borg > Quotes

“I’d learned long ago that patience was often rewarded. Certainly, impatience rarely was.”
― Todd Borg, Tahoe Chase

“Those of us who have so-called normal lives without undue stress and fear and worry and pain rarely know how fortunate we are. Then we see a man like Adam who’s famous even if unemployed and who lives at his sister’s house and struggles to manage, and we’re tempted to think he should snap out of it. He’s obviously intelligent, and he has no apparent disabilities. So we think, you’re smart, go out and get a job, and make yourself a normal life. Then we learn that the man has Traumatic Brain Injury and medical issues that can rip normalcy in two, and we realize that one of the main problems is in ourselves for failing to consider that not all other people have our good fortune of functioning bodies and brains, with emotional and psychological landscapes that are level and fertile and stable and predictable.”
― Todd Borg, Tahoe Blue Fire

“It’s romantic. You’ll think I’m nuts for saying it, but sailing is like using a candle compared to using an electric light. It still gets the job done but has much more warmth”
― Todd Borg, Tahoe Ghost Boat

“The Gar Wood was a 1947 Ensign, its lines designed for cutting small chop at high speed, not for coping with deep-water swell. The boat teetered at the crest of the wave then tipped down the other side, nearly swamping.”
― Todd Borg, Tahoe Ghost Boat

“padump”
― Todd Borg, Tahoe Ghost Boat

“We find for a moment, here and there, those amazing times where the companionship of another resists the aloneness. It can be as simple as the grace note of a stranger holding the door for you. Or it can be as deep and complex as the bond of a soul mate who understands every nuance of your struggle with the world and gives you complete love of mind and body. Yet, in the end we're still alone.”
― Todd Borg, Tahoe Killshot

“All people under severe stress find a giant friendly dog to be a comfort.”
― Todd Borg, Tahoe Blue Fire

“shouted. In”
― Todd Borg, Tahoe Killshot

“gas. I could look it up and get back to you, if you like.”
― Todd Borg, Tahoe Killshot

“I always thought Stanford was a good guy, starting the university and such. Instead, you’re saying he was stealing from the government.”
― Todd Borg, Tahoe Jade

“pushing in from the edges. My heart raced. A high-pitched ring pulsed in my ears. Searing pain infused my nose and head as if my sinuses had been”
― Todd Borg, Tahoe Ghost Boat

“it’s tempting to start universities and build hospitals when you want to put a little gloss on your life as one of the greatest thieves in American history.”
― Todd Borg, Tahoe Jade

“out all other thoughts. My vision narrowed, darkness pushing in from the edges. My heart raced. A high-pitched ring pulsed in my ears. Searing pain infused my nose”
― Todd Borg, Tahoe Ghost Boat

“It is at times like these that I have a powerful perceptual shift about luck and fate and the chaotic randomness of life. Those of us who have so-called normal lives without undue stress and fear and worry and pain rarely know how fortunate we are. Then we see a man like Adam who’s famous even if unemployed and who lives at his sister’s house and struggles to manage, and we’re tempted to think he should snap out of it. He’s obviously intelligent, and he has no apparent disabilities. So we think, you’re smart, go out and get a job, and make yourself a normal life. Then we learn that the man has Traumatic Brain Injury and medical issues that can rip normalcy in two, and we realize that one of the main problems is in ourselves for failing to consider that not all other people have our good fortune of functioning bodies and brains, with emotional and psychological landscapes that are level and fertile and stable and predictable.”
― Todd Borg, Tahoe Blue Fire

“The less the killer cares about consequences to himself, the”
― Todd Borg, Tahoe Killshot