The beauty of the open ocean is at once entrancing and terrifying to a city person used to the confines of urban life.Sebastian Junger
There are times when forces totally beyond human control rise up and overpower the very earth on which we stand.Sebastian Junger
It's when the sea lets up that you realize how utterly exhausted you are.Sebastian Junger
We don't just experience fear in the face of the unknown; it's almost as if we're programmed to seek it out.Sebastian Junger
Real courage is risking something that might force you to rethink your thoughts and suffer change and stretch consciousness. Real courage is risking one's clichés.Sebastian Junger
Nature is an indifferent destroyer.Sebastian Junger
The sea is not cruel, but the indifference with which it meets our struggles for survival is chilling.Sebastian Junger
Loneliness, as much as cold, hunger, and the perpetual wet, becomes a major enemy for those who have survived a disaster at sea.Sebastian Junger
The water took everything it wanted and left nothing in return.Sebastian Junger
Every mariner understands one thing: the ocean is so big and his boat is so small.Sebastian Junger
The fishermen know that the sea is dangerous and the storm terrible, but they have never found these dangers sufficient reason for remaining ashore.Sebastian Junger
Nature is not benign, the sea owes nothing to man, and those who go there go of their own choosing.Sebastian Junger