T.A. Barron Quotes & Sayings

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. — T.A. Barron

The best way to protect something is to set it free. — T.A. Barron

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. — T.A. Barron

Stories require faith, not facts. — T.A. Barron

All of us, all living things, have the potential to change. — T.A. Barron

Why is it that what we do know can save us, but what we don't know can kill us? — T.A. Barron

Eremon liked to say that hooves can make speed, while hands can make music. — T.A. Barron

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. — T.A. Barron

Stories help me. To live. To work. To find the meaning hidden in every dream, ever leaf, every drop of dew. — 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. — T.A. Barron

The strongest bonds are of the heart. — T.A. Barron

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. — T.A. Barron

Ah, life's little surprises! They can make any day unforgettable ... or make it your last. — T.A. Barron

The heart can see things invisible to the eye. — T.A. Barron

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. — T.A. Barron

Everything is connected to everything else. — T.A. Barron

Every living thing is precious somehow. — T.A. Barron

He is a mysterious and captivating fellow, this wizard who can live backward in time ... — T.A. Barron

The leaf, still green, must someday fall such grief and joy to live at all. — T.A. Barron

Answers come and go, I've found. But the questions? Those remain forever. — T.A. Barron

Hope is sometimes fleeting, but always precious. Sad to say, when the battle began, most of my companions had no hope at all. — T.A. Barron

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 ... — 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! — T.A. Barron

My constellations are not made from the stars, but from the spaces between the stars. The dark places. The open places, where your mind can travel forever and ever. — T.A. Barron

You're saying that our souls and the stars and the wings of a butterfly are all somehow connected? — T.A. Barron

It's much more fun to be the exception, not the rule — T.A. Barron

Change. The more you do it, the more you don't. The farther you seek it, the nearer you find it. The less it's in your world, the more it's in you. — T.A. Barron

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. — T.A. Barron

For a true name holds true power. — T.A. Barron