The library is not, as some would have it, a place for the retiring of disposition or faint of heart. It is not an ivory tower or a quiet room in a s…

- Eric Burns

The serious reader in the age of technology is a rebel by definition: a protester without a placard, a Luddite without hammer or bludgeon. She reads …

- Eric Burns

Greatness is more than potential. It is the execution of that potential. Beyond the raw talent. You need the appropriate training. You need the disci…

- Eric Burns

Give a man a hoe and he is something to exploit. Give him a book and he is something to fear.

- Eric Burns

Greatness is more than potential. It is the execution of that potential.

- Eric Burns

It's not enough to create magic. You have to create a price for magic, too. You have to create rules.

- Eric Burns