The Army might screw you and your girlfriend might dump you and the enemy might kill you, but the shared commitment to safeguard one another’s lives is unnegotiable and only deepens with time. The willingness to die for another person… — Sebastian Junger Copy Share Image
All journalists hope that their work will inspire a broader conversation. I think that's just what journalism is. — 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
