The most profound question is, "What would I risk dying for?" The natural answer is "for my family." But for most of… — 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… — Sebastian Junger Copy Share Image
War is life multiplied by some number that no one has ever heard of. — Sebastian Junger Copy Share Image
I have been working since I was 20, and I'm 38. I actually once averaged out what I had made over my… — Sebastian Junger Copy Share Image
The negative effects of combat were nightmares, and I'd get jumpy around certain noises and stuff, but you'd have that after a… — Sebastian Junger Copy Share Image
In some ways, risk-taking is the ultimate act of self-indulgence , an obscene insult to the preciousness of life. And yet, how… — Sebastian Junger Copy Share Image
“The beauty and the tragedy of the modern world is that it eliminates many situations that require people to demonstrate a commitment… — Sebastian Junger Copy Share Image
“A wealthy person who never had to rely on help and resources from his community is leading a privileged life that falls… — Sebastian Junger Copy Share Image
There are no journalistic ethics that transcend the value of human life. There are none. In a situation where you can save… — Sebastian Junger Copy Share Image
Who wants a life of ease? And who wants a life in the office that you hate, and who wants to play… — Sebastian Junger Copy Share Image
I think, unfortunately, we live in a world where people attack other people and I think a legitimate rationale for war is… — Sebastian Junger Copy Share Image
I don't think people would climb mountains or jump off bridges with parachutes or kayak Class V rapids if those things didn't… — 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
