I went to Afghanistan in '96 to write about terrorist training camps south of Jalalabad and Tora Bora, in the mountains. I was there right before the Taliban took over, literally a few weeks before they took Kabul. The frontline… — 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 offer the brief and horrible illusion of imminent death. They would just be complicated, time-consuming endeavors that we'd… — 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
