4 Quotes About Pacific Northwest

Less than one percent of the Earth's surface is covered by water. And yet, its importance to life is monumental. The oceans are home to at least half of all living creatures, and contain an estimated ninety-five percent of the planet's water. So what makes the Pacific Ocean so special? What does it have that no other ocean has? Read on to find out more about this fascinating, mysterious place.

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We need a new ethic of place, one that has room for salmon and skyscrapers, suburbs and wilderness, Mount Rainier and the Space Needle, one grounded in history. Matthew Klingle
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The richness of the rain made me feel safe and protected; I have always considered the rain to be healing–a blanket–the comfort of a friend. Without at least some rain in any given day, or at least a cloud or two on the horizon, I feel overwhelmed by the information of sunlight and yearn for the vital, muffling gift of falling water. Douglas Coupland
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Rain in the Northwest is not the pounding, flashing performance enjoyed by the eastern part of the nation. Nor is it the festive annual soaking I'd been used to in Southern California. Rather, it's a seven-month drizzle that darkens the sky, mildews the bath towels, and propels those already prone to depression into the dim comforts of antihistamines and a flask. Melissa Hart