I am beginning to believe that nothing is quite so uncertain as facts. (Edward Curtis)

- Timothy Egan

The larger question for the Northwest, where the cities are barely a hundred years old but contain three-fourths of the population, is whether the wi…

- Timothy Egan

The villainous sun and the starved bank did not seem related—yet.

- Timothy Egan

Here in the Great Lakes region, a fourth year in a row of declining water levels has caused millions of dollars in losses for shipping companies, mar…

- Timothy Egan

Sometimes the wind along the Pacific shore blows so hard it steals your breath before you can inhale it.

- Timothy Egan

You need messiness and magic, serendipity and insanity. Creativity comes from time off, and time out.

- Timothy Egan

Last year, [Pope Francis] was asked about his secret to happiness. He said slow down. Take time off. Live and let live. Don't proselytize. Work for p…

- Timothy Egan

Most of the writers I know work every day, in obscurity and close to poverty, trying to say one thing well and true. Day in, day out, they labor to f…

- Timothy Egan