Barren primarily refers to a state of Barrenness (infertility)
Barren as a place name can refer to:
- Barren County, Kentucky
- Barren Island (Andaman Islands)
- Barren Island, Brooklyn
- Barren River Lake
Barren can also refer to:
- Barren County (album)
- Barren County Progress
- Barren Realms Elite
- Barren Strawberry (disambiguation), various meanings
- Cape Barren Goose
- barren vegetation
Famous quotes containing the word barren:
“Can it be that chance has made me one of those women so immersed in one man that, whether they are barren or not, they carry with them to the grave the shriveled innocence of an old maid?”
—Colette [Sidonie Gabrielle Colette] (1873–1954)
“The good want power, but to weep barren tears.
The powerful goodness want: worse need for them.
The wise want love; and those who love want wisdom;”
—Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822)
“Not in our time, O Lord,
the plowshare for the sword,
not in our time, the knife,
sated with life-blood and life,
to trim the barren vine.”
—Hilda Doolittle (1886–1961)