Top 500 T.J. Klune Quotes (2025 Update)
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451. “Everything deserves a chance.”

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452. “Today he wore blue socks with clouds on them. Linus refused to be charmed. He mostly succeeded.”

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453. “Death is wonderful to music. It makes the singers sound like ghosts.”

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454. “Here was a shot of an island in a cerulean sea, the trees so thick, he couldn’t see the ground.”

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455. “I don’t know how to be anyone but who I already am. This is how I’ve always been. It’s not much, but I do the best I can with what I have.”

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456. “His slacks were too short for his legs again. His socks were purple. Linus was doomed.”

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457. “It comes from the earth,” Hugo said quietly. “Energy. Life. Death. All of it. We rise and we fall and then we rise once more. We’re all on different paths, but death doesn’t discriminate. It comes for everyone. It’s what you do with it that sets you apart.”

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458. “We stand together,” Nick reminded him, “so we don’t have to struggle apart. You’re not alone in this, okay?”

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459. “There are little deaths, because that’s what grief is.”

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460. “It’s good to talk about how you’re feeling, but it’s even better to fight for the things you believe in.”

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461. “The only time he’d actually seen Extremely Upper Management was during the holidays when the luncheon occurred, and Extremely Upper Management stood in a row at the front of the room, dishing out dried-up ham and lumpy potatoes from foil trays, grinning at each of their underlings, telling them they’d earned this fine meal for all their hard work.”

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462. “Humanity is awful, angry, and violent. But we are also magical and musical. We dance. We sing. We create. We live and laugh and rage and cry and despair and hope. We are a bundle of contradictions without rhyme or reason. And there is no one like us in all the universe.”

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463. “All that sunlight. I’m used to only rain.”

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464. “Sometimes, we have to run away in order to clear our heads and put ourselves together as best we can. The important thing, is that we return stronger than when we left.”

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465. “Wasn’t that the great answer to the mystery of life? To make the most of what you have while you have it, the good and the bad, the beautiful and the ugly.”

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466. “I prefer bluntness to obfuscation. Things get lost in translation.”

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467. “Of all the – You stupid cat! I will leave you here!” He would do no such thing, but empty threats were better than no threats at all.”

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468. “That’s it. Simple, isn’t it? We were thinking too big, too grand. Sometimes, it’s the smallest things that can change everything when you least expect it.”

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469. “I have other things to think about. Like tomorrow. Why is it that I must always worry about tomorrows?”

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470. “You are human and therefore inherently flawed. You make decisions based upon survival and instinct and nothing more.”

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471. “And if you’ll let me, I’ll just put a little poison in her tea,” Mei was saying to Hugo as they entered the kitchen. Apollo sat next to her, ear flopped over as he looked between the two of them. “Not enough to kill her, but still enough for it to be considered a felony for which I’ll absolutely accept jail time. It’s a win-win situation.” Hugo looked horrified. “You can’t ruin tea like that. Every cup is special and putting poison in it would ruin the flavor.”

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472. “It’s not just about us. It’s about those who’ll come after us. If I need to pick up a damn brick like our lord and savior Marsha P. Johnson, then that’s what I’ll do.”

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473. “Linus, for all that he was capable of, didn’t like to chase anything. Chasing implied running, and Linus had decided long ago that running wasn’t something he liked very much. He never understood those who woke up even before the sun had risen, donned their fancy expensive sneakers, and went running on purpose. It was most unusual.”

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474. “Linus didn’t even bother thanking him, suddenly feeling daringly vindictive. Why, he didn’t even say goodbye as left the post office. It was positively scandalous.”

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475. “And he jumped into my arms then, wrapping himself around me and crying into my neck. I held him tightly and I guess I wasn’t a man yet because my eyes leaked too. I told him I was so sorry I hadn’t been there for Sunday dinner and that it would never happen again because he was Joe and I was Ox and that was how things went.”

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476. “There are moments in this life that stick with us for the rest of our days. They are profound and sharp, both good and bad. It’s the people we meet, the experiances we have.”

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477. “It’s not fair,” Linus said, staring off into nothing. “The way some people can be. But as long as you remember to be just and kind like I know you are, what those people think won’t matter in the long run. Hate is loud, but I think you’ll learn it’s because it’s only a few people shouting, desperate to be heard. You might not ever be able to change their minds, but so long as you remember you’re not alone, you will overcome.”

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478. “You’re not alive, Wallace. But you still exist.”

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479. “Sometimes, it’s the smallest things that can change everything when you least expect it.”

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480. “He heard Chauncey yell that Theodore was eating the toothpaste again, and Theodore chirping in response that he was not.”

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481. “Kelly is kind of cute.”

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482. “Whoever told you that you were funny obviously lied and you should feel bad about it.”

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483. “You’ve given me more than I could ever ask for. Hugo, can”t you see? I am who I am because you showed me the way. You refused to give up on me. Which is how I know you’ll help all those who come after me and need you as much as I did.”

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484. “Ooh,” Bernice said. “That’s catchy.” “Like chlamydia,” he muttered under his breath.”

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485. “Even if you don’t believe it, I’ll believe it enough for both of us.”

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486. “Every test we ran, every simulation, ended with the same result: for the world to survive, humans could not.”

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487. “If we can fix what’s broken, we should always try.”

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488. “Nelson was quiet for a long moment, and Wallace almost convinced himself the conversation was over. It wasn’t. Nelson smiled sadly and said, “It’s never enough, is it? Time. We always think we have so much of it, but when it really counts, we don’t have enough at all.”

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489. “But that doesn’t mean that you still can’t be a good person, right? Just because you did something wrong doesn’t mean that’s who you are.”

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490. “Wow,” Wallace said. “That’s sexual harassment. We’re going to sue him. We’re going to sue him for everything he’s worth, just you wait and see. I’ll draft up the papers just as soon as – oh. Right. I’m dead. Goddammit. Don’t let him stick his thermometer in your baked goods!”

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491. “Mrs. Klapper scoffed. “Perhaps you should consider making time, Mr. Baker. Being alone at your age isn’t healthy. I’d hate to think of what would happen if you were to blow your brains out. It’d hurt the resale value of the whole neighborhood.” “I’m not depressed!” She looked him up and down. “You aren’t? Why on earth not?”

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492. “He was not a firework. Or, if he was, he was those black snake ones that you light and they do nothing but ash a long line. That was an acceptable firework to be.”

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493. “How am I supposed to make new friends if I can’t tell them about how they’ll die? What’s the point?”

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494. “Change comes when people want it enough, Mr. Baker. And I do. I promise you that. It may take some time, but you’ll see. Today has been a swift kick in the seat of my trousers.”

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495. “You are a light in my darkness. I’ve loved you since the moment I saw you.”

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496. “It was reverence. It was grace. It was beauty. I wondered if this meant I could finally breathe. Like I had found my place in this world I didn’t understand. Embroidered. Red. White. Blue. Two letters, stitched perfectly. Ox, the work shirt read. Like I mattered. Like I meant something. Like I was important. Men don’t cry. My daddy taught me that. Men don’t cry because they don’t have time to cry. I must not have been a man yet because I cried. I bowed my head and cried.”

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497. “We are who we are not because of our birthright, but because of what we choose to do in this life. It cannot be boiled down to black and white. Not when there is so much in between. You cannot say something is moral or immoral without understanding the nuances behind it.”

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498. “You know,” Carter said, “this is the point in horror movies where I usually shout at the screen for the people to not go inside the house.” “You’re a werewolf,” I muttered. “You’re the one that’s usually waiting for the people inside the house.”

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499. “Death isn’t always something to be feared. It’s not the be-all and end-all.”

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500. “Who the hell did Seth think he was, walking in here to save the day, looking so stupidly adorable that Nick thought he would just die?”

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