Sebastian Junger citations

“Humans don’t mind hardship, in fact they thrive on it; what they mind is not feeling necessary. Modern society has perfected the art of making people not feel necessary. It's time for that to end.”

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Sebastian Junger

Source: Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging

“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 who doesn't make that in a lifetime is somehow so outrageous it almost makes the war seem winnable.”

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Sebastian Junger

Source: War

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

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Source: War

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

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Sebastian Junger

Source: The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea