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T.A. Barron is an American writer known for his fantasy literature. His works often blend historical, mythological, and adventurous elements, making them popular among young readers.

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All Dream Knows Littles May Dragons Form Helping Ifs Leafs Someday

Famous T.A. Barron Quotes

“Alas, virtue alone cannot win a war. Our greatest strength is why we are fighting. Not just for power, as he is. No, we are fighting for something much more precious: freedom." P 275”

Freedom

Book:Atlantis Rising

Source: Atlantis Rising

“In May, anything seemed possible. If only I could learn to harness time itself. To make every month like May! Or, perhaps, to live backward in time, so that whenever the end of the month arrived, I could turn May right around and live it all over again.”

May Time Spring

Book:The Lost Years

Source: The Lost Years

“You know what I like best about looking at the stars? Not the stars themselves, but all those empty spaces between the stars. That's where I can imagine traveling for ever and ever. That's where I can imagine infinity.”

Knows I Can Stars Space Imagine Empty Infinity Space Between Empty Space

Author:T.A. Barron

“What makes this danger so terrible is that humans tip the balance of your world. No other species can make such a difference, for good or ill. If humans can live in harmony with other forms of life, the world rejoices. If not, the world suffers--and may not survive.”

Ifs World Humans May Form Suffering Differences Danger Balance Terrible Harmony Species Ill Rejoice

Book:The Eternal Flame

Source: The Eternal Flame

“Hy gododin catann hue Hud a lledrith mal wyddan Gaunce ae bellawn wen cabri Varigal don Fincayra Dravia, dravia Fincayra (Talking trees and walking stones, Giants aare the island's bones. While this land our dance still knows, Varigal crowns Fincayra. Live long, live long Fincayra.”

Knows Long Stills Talking Tree Land Walking Stones Bones Islands Giants Crowns Hue

Book:The Seven Songs

Source: The Seven Songs

“And now, my friends, a dragon's toast! Here's to life's little blessings: war, plagues, and all forms of evil. Their presence keeps us alert--- and their absence keeps us grateful.”

Littles War Form Evil Blessing My Friends Grateful Absence Dragons Plague Toasts

Book:The Dragon of Avalon

Source: The Dragon of Avalon

“Stories help me. To live. To work. To find the meaning hidden in every dream, ever leaf, every drop of dew.”

Helping Stories Dream Help Me Leafs Dew

Author:T.A. Barron

“Answers come and go, I've found. But the questions? Those remain forever.”

Found Answers Forever Comes And Goes

Book:The Dragon of Avalon

Source: The Dragon of Avalon

“Vision, even for a dragon, is woefully unreliable. What you can see with great clarity may not be real; what you cannot see may be the ultimate reality.”

May Real Reality Vision Ultimate Clarity Dragons Being Real Unreliable Ultimate Reality

Book:Ultimate Magic

Source: Ultimate Magic

“Ah, life's little surprises! They can make any day unforgettable... or make it your last.”

Littles Lasts Surprise Unforgettable

Book:Ultimate Magic

Source: Ultimate Magic

“Some say "The end is near," as if that is shocking news. The truth is, the end is always near. What is actually shocking is that we, ourselves, can help to choose which end.”

Ifs Ends Helping Truth Is News Shocking End Is Near

Book:Ultimate Magic

Source: Ultimate Magic

“It's much more fun to be the exception, not the rule”

Fun Exception

Book:Ultimate Magic

Source: Ultimate Magic

“And I came to understand, in a way I never had before, that books are truly the stuff of miracles. I even dared to dream that someday, somehow, I might surround myself with books from many times and many tongues.”

Way Book Dream Might Stuff Miracle Tongue Someday Surround

Book:The Lost Years

Source: The Lost Years

“A life-whether seamstress or poet, farmer or king-is measured not by length, but by the worth of its deeds, and the power of its dreams.”

Dream Poet Kings Deeds Length Farmers

Author:T.A. Barron

“Every piece of the universe, even the tiniest little snow crystal, matters somehow. I have a place in the pattern, and so do you. Thinking of you this holiday season!”

Thinking Littles Matter Universe Pieces Seasons Patterns Snow Christmas Holiday Crystals Thinking Of You Holiday Season Inspirational Holiday Happy Holidays Great Holiday

Author:T.A. Barron

“The leaf, still green, must someday fall such grief and joy to live at all.”

Life Stills Joy Fall Grief Green Someday Leafs

Author:T.A. Barron

“Why is it that what we do know can save us, but what we don't know can kill us?”

Knows

Book:Ultimate Magic

Source: Ultimate Magic

“You're saying that our souls and the stars and the wings of a butterfly are all somehow connected?”

Soul Stars Wings Connected Butterfly

Author:T.A. Barron

About the Author

Born: March 26, 1952
Known for: Writer
Quotes: 18

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