My wife, Daniela, and I live in an old house from 1810 with three fireplaces at the end of a dead-end dirt road on Cape Cod, so I turn the trees into firewood for us and a friend of mine… — Sebastian Junger Copy Share Image
No matter how many people you kill, using a machine gun in battle is not a war crime because it does not cause unnecessary… — Sebastian Junger Copy Share Image
Right now, America doesn't ask us to do anything besides pay taxes. We don't even have to vote. But as psychologists will tell you,… — Sebastian Junger Copy Share Image
“There are houses in Gloucester where grooves have been worn into the floorboards by women pacing past an upstairs window, looking out to sea.” — Sebastian Junger Copy Share Image
“Billy's at 44 north, 56 west and heading straight into meteorological hell.” — Sebastian Junger Copy Share Image
There is some evidence that average wave heights are slowly rising, and that freak waves of eighty or ninety feet are becoming more common.… — Sebastian Junger Copy Share Image
If you get an infection, you get a fever; the fever is your body dealing with the infection. If you get traumatized, your mind… — Sebastian Junger Copy Share Image
People who do really dangerous tasks can't afford to sit around and discuss the merits of what they're doing. — Sebastian Junger Copy Share Image
I would never want to pass a law limiting freedom of speech, but that doesn't mean we have to condone statements that undermine basic… — Sebastian Junger Copy Share Image
I think objectivity is like this strange myth that people think you're supposed to achieve, but actually, the dirty little secret is that it's… — Sebastian Junger Copy Share Image
Each Javelin round costs $80,000, and the idea that it's fired by a guy who doesn't make that in a year at a guy… — Sebastian Junger Copy Share Image
“I look at the names on the mailboxes and the bells inside number 1940 and pick out a couple of women’s names and press… — Sebastian Junger Copy Share Image
It's fun to have money, but the more money I get, the less interesting it becomes. If you don't have very much, you have… — Sebastian Junger Copy Share Image
“The United States is so powerful that the only country capable of destroying her might be the United States herself, which means that the… — Sebastian Junger Copy Share Image
The most profound question is, "What would I risk dying for?" The natural answer is "for my family." But for most of history, we… — Sebastian Junger Copy Share Image
When you're scared, you're still hanging on to life. When you're ready to die, you let it go. A sort of emptying out occurs,… — Sebastian Junger Copy Share Image
