--- title: "8 Life Barren Quotes by 6 authors" description: "Browse 8 Life Barren quotes by 6 authors. Discover the best Life Barren sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e1/langston-hughes-1527_dream_hold-fast-to-dreams-for-if-dreams-die-li_232846.png" --- > [“Hold fast to dreams for if dreams die life is a broken-winged bird that can not fly. Hold fast to dreams for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/langston-hughes/hold-fast-to-dreams-for-if-dreams-die-life-is-a-broken-winged-bird/) [Langston Hughes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/langston-hughes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e1/langston-hughes-1527_dream_hold-fast-to-dreams-for-if-dreams-die-li_232846.png) > [The Magistrate suffered from the disability of a free-thinking turn of mind and from a life that was barren and dreary to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-magistrate-suffered-from-the-disability-of-a-free-thinking-turn/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/94c/anonymous-1_barren_the-magistrate-suffered-from-the-disabil_924389.jpg) > [“I am near fourteen and have never yet seen a hanging. My life is barren.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-cushman/i-am-near-fourteen-and-have-never-yet-seen-a-hanging-my-life-is-barren/) [Karen Cushman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-cushman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5c1/karen-cushman-24799_boredom_i-am-near-fourteen-and-have-never-yet-se_1317360.jpg) > [There is also purpose in life which is almost barren of both creation and enjoyment and which admits of but one possibility…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/viktor-e-frankl/there-is-also-purpose-in-life-which-is-almost-barren-of-both-creation/) [Viktor E. Frankl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/viktor-e-frankl/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4bd/viktor-e-frankl-668_attitude_there-is-also-purpose-in-life-which-is-a_1781346.jpg) > [Hold fast to dreams for if dreams go, life is a barren field covered with snow. Hold fast to dreams for if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/hold-fast-to-dreams-for-if-dreams-go-life-is-a-barren-field-covered/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8df/anonymous-1_dream_hold-fast-to-dreams-for-if-dreams-go-lif_2376120.jpg) > [Hold fast to dreams For when dreams go Life is a barren field Frozen with snow.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/langston-hughes/hold-fast-to-dreams-for-when-dreams-go-life-is-a-barren-field-frozen/) [Langston Hughes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/langston-hughes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ba/langston-hughes-1527_barren_hold-fast-to-dreams-for-when-dreams-go-l_2708642.png) > [“My Life is a barren and lonely one, and so full of work that I have not had much time for friendships...I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bram-stoker/my-life-is-a-barren-and-lonely-one-and-so-full-of-work-that-i-have/) [Bram Stoker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bram-stoker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/540/bram-stoker-718_friendship_my-life-is-a-barren-and-lonely-one-and-s_2891896.jpg) > [Life is barren enough surely with all her trappings; let us be therefore cautious of how we strip her.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/life-is-barren-enough-surely-with-all-her-trappings-let-us-be/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/662/samuel-johnson-50_barren_life-is-barren-enough-surely-with-all-he_3163884.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life-barren/#itemlist", "name": "Life Barren Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Hold fast to dreams for if dreams die life is a broken-winged bird that can not fly. 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