Ernst Junger. Storm of steel (№ 375916)

From time to time at the outbreak of the flare I saw how they sparkled a number of helmets and rifles, and I was filled with a sense of pride that I command a handful of people can be destroyed but cannot be defeated. In these moments, the human spirit triumphs over blastfurnace manifestations of the material world, and the feeble body, tempered will, ready to combat the worst thunderstorms.