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Sebastian Junger quotes: How do men act on a sinking ship? Do they hold each other? Do they pass around the whisky? Do they cry?

How do men act on a sinking ship? Do they hold each other? Do they pass around the whisky? Do they cry?

Sebastian Junger quotes: I don't think journalists in World War II were objective about the Nazis, and I don't think they should have been.

I don't think journalists in World War II were objective about the Nazis, and I don't think they should have been.

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

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

Sebastian Junger quotes: Disasters, he proposed, create a "community of sufferers" that allow individuals to experience an immensely reassuring connection to others

Disasters, he proposed, create a "community of sufferers" that allow individuals to experience an immensely reassuring connection to others

Sebastian Junger quotes: How do you become an adult in a society that doesn't ask for sacrifice? How do you become a man in a world that doesn't require courage?

How do you become an adult in a society that doesn't ask for sacrifice? How do you become a man in a world that doesn't require courage?

Sebastian Junger quotes: Today's veterans often come home to find that, although they're willing to die for their country, they're not sure how to live for it.

Today's veterans often come home to find that, although they're willing to die for their country, they're not sure how to live for it.

Sebastian Junger quotes: order to play that game one more time. The

order to play that game one more time. The

Sebastian Junger quotes: You don't owe your country nothing," I remember him telling me. "You owe it something, and depending on what happens, you might owe it your life.

You don't owe your country nothing," I remember him telling me. "You owe it something, and depending on what happens, you might owe it your life.

Sebastian Junger quotes: I was surprised how open and unguarded the military was. I expected more scrutiny, more supervision from command.

I was surprised how open and unguarded the military was. I expected more scrutiny, more supervision from command.

Sebastian Junger quotes: I had grown up during Vietnam. I had no connections to the U.S. military, and I had a pretty cynical default opinion about the U.S. military.

I had grown up during Vietnam. I had no connections to the U.S. military, and I had a pretty cynical default opinion about the U.S. military.

Sebastian Junger quotes: There's no reason to do anything twice, and certainly no reason to do something that almost killed you.

There's no reason to do anything twice, and certainly no reason to do something that almost killed you.

Sebastian Junger quotes: Much of modern military tactics is geared toward maneuvering the enemy into a position where they can essentially be massacred from safety. (pg. 140)

Much of modern military tactics is geared toward maneuvering the enemy into a position where they can essentially be massacred from safety. (pg. 140)

Sebastian Junger quotes: So how do you unify a secure, wealthy country that has sunk into a zero-sum political game with itself?

So how do you unify a secure, wealthy country that has sunk into a zero-sum political game with itself?

Sebastian Junger quotes: All journalists hope that their work will inspire a broader conversation. I think that's just what journalism is.

All journalists hope that their work will inspire a broader conversation. I think that's just what journalism is.

Sebastian Junger quotes: The army consists of the first infantry division and eight million replacements.

The army consists of the first infantry division and eight million replacements.

Sebastian Junger quotes: I've stopped war reporting. I realized that I'd answered all of my questions about war and about myself.

I've stopped war reporting. I realized that I'd answered all of my questions about war and about myself.

Sebastian Junger quotes: I think, politically, I'm pretty left-wing, and I try to be very neutral in my work.

I think, politically, I'm pretty left-wing, and I try to be very neutral in my work.

Sebastian Junger quotes: People who do really dangerous tasks can't afford to sit around and discuss the merits of what they're doing.

People who do really dangerous tasks can't afford to sit around and discuss the merits of what they're doing.

Sebastian Junger quotes: Firemen don't talk about whether a burning warehouse is worth saving.

Firemen don't talk about whether a burning warehouse is worth saving.

Sebastian Junger quotes: When you throw trash on the ground, you apparently don't see yourself as truly belonging to the world that you're walking in.

When you throw trash on the ground, you apparently don't see yourself as truly belonging to the world that you're walking in.

Sebastian Junger quotes: Modern society has perfected the art of making people not feel necessary.

Modern society has perfected the art of making people not feel necessary.

Sebastian Junger quotes: 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.

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.

Sebastian Junger quotes: Billy's at 44 north, 56 west and heading straight into meteorological hell.

Billy's at 44 north, 56 west and heading straight into meteorological hell.

Sebastian Junger quotes: War is life multiplied by some number that no one has ever heard of.

War is life multiplied by some number that no one has ever heard of.

Sebastian Junger quotes: They had not yet started out across a continent of grief that a lifetime of walking could not cover.

They had not yet started out across a continent of grief that a lifetime of walking could not cover.

Sebastian Junger quotes: A grenade launcher will easily take out a tank; a Molotov cocktail placed in its air intake will destroy one as well.

A grenade launcher will easily take out a tank; a Molotov cocktail placed in its air intake will destroy one as well.

Sebastian Junger quotes: A SOFT fall rain slips down through the trees and the smell of ocean is so strong that it can almost be licked off the air.

A SOFT fall rain slips down through the trees and the smell of ocean is so strong that it can almost be licked off the air.

Sebastian Junger quotes: As affluence and urbanization rise in a society, rates of depression and suicide tend to go up rather than down.

As affluence and urbanization rise in a society, rates of depression and suicide tend to go up rather than down.

Sebastian Junger quotes: Maybe the ultimate wound is the one that makes you miss the war you got it in.

Maybe the ultimate wound is the one that makes you miss the war you got it in.

Sebastian Junger quotes: War is a lot of things and it's useless to pretend that exciting isn't one of them. (pg. 144)

War is a lot of things and it's useless to pretend that exciting isn't one of them. (pg. 144)

Sebastian Junger quotes: Who wants a life of ease? And who wants a life in the office that you hate, and who wants to play golf?

Who wants a life of ease? And who wants a life in the office that you hate, and who wants to play golf?

Sebastian Junger quotes: When people are actively engaged in a cause their lives have more purpose ... with a resulting improvement in mental health,

When people are actively engaged in a cause their lives have more purpose ... with a resulting improvement in mental health,

Sebastian Junger quotes: I hope I get married one day.

I hope I get married one day.

Sebastian Junger quotes: Why are you focusing on how different you are from one another, and not on the things that unite us? The

Why are you focusing on how different you are from one another, and not on the things that unite us? The

Sebastian Junger quotes: I'm a good liberal, and I grew up in a very liberal family and had very strongly held beliefs.

I'm a good liberal, and I grew up in a very liberal family and had very strongly held beliefs.

Sebastian Junger quotes: they may have a harder time achieving the three pillars of self-determination - autonomy,

they may have a harder time achieving the three pillars of self-determination - autonomy,

Sebastian Junger quotes: An adventure is a situation where the outcome is not entirely within your control. It is up to fate, in other words

An adventure is a situation where the outcome is not entirely within your control. It is up to fate, in other words

Sebastian Junger quotes: The attacks of 9/11 came out of Afghanistan. It was a failed state, a rogue nation. That's why al Qaeda was there in the first place.

The attacks of 9/11 came out of Afghanistan. It was a failed state, a rogue nation. That's why al Qaeda was there in the first place.

Sebastian Junger quotes: An earthquake achieves what the law promises but does not in practice maintain," one of the survivors wrote. "The equality of all men".

An earthquake achieves what the law promises but does not in practice maintain," one of the survivors wrote. "The equality of all men".

Sebastian Junger quotes: The human concern for others would seem to be the one story that, adequately told, no person can fully bear to hear. Joanna's

The human concern for others would seem to be the one story that, adequately told, no person can fully bear to hear. Joanna's

Sebastian Junger quotes: There are houses in Gloucester where grooves have been worn into the floorboards by women pacing past an upstairs window, looking out to sea.

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 quotes: What people miss presumably isn't danger or loss but the unity that these things often engender.

What people miss presumably isn't danger or loss but the unity that these things often engender.