Quotes by Sebastian Junger

If you shell a military base and happen to kill civilians, you have not committed a war crime; if you deliberately target cities and towns, you have.

I dont think people would climb mountains or jump off bridges with parachutes or kayak Class V rapids if those things didnt offer the brief and horrible illusion of imminent death. They would just be complicated, time-consuming endeavors that wed steer well clear of because they got in the way of real life.

I decided to start a medical training program for freelancers, only freelancers. Theyre the ones who are doing most of the combat reporting. Theyre taking most of the risks. Theyre absorbing most of the casualties. And theyre the most underserved and under-resourced of everyone in the entire news business.

The only thing that makes battle psychologically tolerable is the brotherhood among soldiers. You need each other to get by.

“In the long run, early failure is probably just as great a generator of freedom as early success.”