Timothy Egan > Quotes

“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 find their voice, to learn their trade, to understand nuance and pace. And then, facing a sea of rejections, they hear about something like Barbara Bush’s dog getting a book deal.”
― Timothy Egan

“Sometimes the wind along the Pacific shore blows so hard it steals your breath before you can inhale it.”
― Timothy Egan, The Good Rain: Across Time and Terrain in the Pacific Northwest