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Quote by Daniel J. Boorstin

“There's something beautifully soothing about a fact — even (or perhaps especially) if we're not sure what it means.”

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Daniel J. Boorstin was an influential American historian known for his research on historical writing and public knowledge. His work emphasized the connection between history and contemporary life, as well as the role of historians in shaping public consciousness. more

“My daddy's face is a study. Winter moves into it and presides there. His eyes become a cliff of snow threatening to avalanche, his eyebrows bend like black limbs of leafless trees. His skin takes on the pale cheerless yellow of winter sun; for a jaw he has the edges of a snowbound field dotted with stubble; his high forehead is the frozen sweep of the Erie.”

Eye Faces Moving Black Sun Study Tree Fields Skins Winter Edges Snow His Eyes Yellow Pale Threatening Frozen Daddy Limbs Eyebrows Cliffs Foreheads Avalanches

Book:The Bluest Eye

Source: The Bluest Eye

“The spirits of the air live on the smells Of fruit; and joy, with pinions light, roves round The gardens, or sits singing in the trees.”

Light Joy Spirit Air Tree Singing Garden Fruit Rounds Smell Autumn

Book:Collected Poems

Source: Collected Poems

“[L]et light Rise from the chambers of the east, and bring The honey'd dew that cometh on waking day. O radiant morning.”

Light Morning East Honey Waking Chamber Dew Radiant

Book:The Selected Poems of William Blake

Source: The Selected Poems of William Blake

Quote by Daniel J. Boorstin

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