Top 500 T.J. Klune Quotes (2026 Update)
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101. “And he was wearing a tie. With rabbits on it. And that did things for Josy.”

— T.J. Klune

102. “Pfft,” I scoffed. “Feelings. I don’t have feelings.” I had so many feelings. None of them were good.”

— T.J. Klune

103. “How he closed down like before. How he gave himself over to the wolf. How he didn’t speak for months and months. And yet, the moment he comes home, the moment he sees you again, he finds his voice like he’d never lost it at all.”

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104. “I’m sorry. Were you just speaking to me? I apologize most profusely. I was distracted by the size of the sweat stains under your arms. Are you overly warm today? It seems unlikely given the cold, dead heart that surely beats in your chest.”

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105. “I couldn’t help but feel grateful that he was taking charge. It was like he knew I was tired of keeping my shoulders squared and my head high. I was tired of being strong and doing what was right. I didn’t want that now. I wanted to be told what to do by someone who loved me, who only cared about making me feel good.”

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106. “Well. This has been erotic. Enlightening. Gods, this is enlightening. Like eye-opening. Nothing else!”

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107. “Things have changed, oh yes. Make no mistake about that. But that’s the funny thing about grief and anger combined; even while buried in newfound happiness, it claws and it whispers. It begs. It howls. It screams. It doesn’t let go. And it demands retribution.”

— T.J. Klune

108. “He grinned at me again, and the butterflies in my stomach turned into dragons and laid waste to my innards.”

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109. “Hate is loud, but i think you’ll learn it’s because it’s only a few people shouting, desperate to be heard.”

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110. “He was hard lines, chiseled flesh, bronzed skin. I was a marshmallow melting in a cup of cocoa.”

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111. “I just want to be wherever you are.”

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112. “So he pressed his forehead against mine and breathed me in and there was that sun, okay? That sun between us, that bond that burned and burned and burned because he’d given it to me. Because he’d chosen me. And I got to choose him back.”

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113. “Change starts with the voices of the few. I will be one of those few because they taught me how. And I know that I’m not alone.”

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114. “With the fans, you smile and nod and take selfies and then hope they don’t follow you back to your house and murder you by shoving their underwear down your throat.”

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115. “If I’d known this was going to be a black-tie affair, I would have put on underwear.”

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116. “But even if you have bad dreams, you must remember that they’re only that. Dreams. You will always wake from them. And they will fade, eventually. I’ve found that waking from a bad dream brings a sense of relief unlike anything else in the world. It means what you were seeing wasn’t real.”

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117. “I ground my teeth as I bit back words I knew would hurt. That was the danger with knowing and loving others. You always knew things about them to throw back in their faces.”

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118. “Mark sitting next to Gordo, both of them avoiding each other’s gazes, but their hands in the grass next to each other, pinkies touching, and there would be a sense of right, of being complete, finally, finally, finally. We.”

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119. “It’s not how wishing works. If we got everything we ever wished for, we wouldn’t have the capacity to be thankful for all the things we’d already been given. I’ve got so much already. I don’t ever want to lose sight of why it’s important.”

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120. “Are they speaking in code?” Mom asked Dad, trying to be quiet but failing miserably. “I don’t know,” Dad said. “I don’t speak wizard.” “Neither do I. I feel like we’ve failed as parents.” “Nah,” Dad said easily. “Look at him. He’s adorable and knows how to put on his own pants. We did good.”

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121. “It’s always the ones who are the quietest who often have the greatest things to say.”

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122. “You went full-on bitchy and made a dramatic exit?” He sounded way too gleeful over my histrionics. “I have taught you well, my young apprentice.”

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123. “I’ve always wanted to see if humans make good fertilizer. It seems like they would.” She eyed him up and down hungrily. “All that flesh.”

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124. “When I was a kid, I’d made a wish upon the stars. I wished to be someone important. Someone who mattered. And my wish had been granted. Because I was important, though not in the way I expected. I mattered. And not because of what the gods had placed upon me. I mattered because I was loved.”

— T.J. Klune

125. “How do I look?” Gary asked, posing obscenely.”

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126. “And then he laughed. His head rocked back and he laughed and the birds came back and laughed right along with him.”

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127. “The first time you share tea, you are a stranger. The second time you share tea, you are an honored guest. The third time you share tea, you become family.”

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128. “And he should be found at fault for existing? What choice did he have in the matter?”

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129. “Because for all his bravado, for all the sass and the sarcasm, he is still the greatest wizard I have ever known. He’s the better part of all of us. And I am humbled to be in his presence.”

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130. “Life is like this: it aches. It’s biting, and you ache from it. You are strong, because they tell you that you are. You are stronger than anything they’ve ever seen. You have to be. It is what is expected of you.”

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131. “Everything is so vast. It’s humbling to remember just how small we really are.”

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132. “Way gay,” I reassured him. “Like, super gay. I fart and rainbows come out.” Oh, crap.”

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133. “I am but paper. Brittle and thin. I am held up to the sun, and it shines right through me. I get written on, and I can never be used again. These scratches are a history. They’re a story.”

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134. “He snorted into his radicchio, which I admired because it was a pretty purple. The radicchio was purple, not his snort. Just in case you got confused there. I don’t think it’s possible for people to snort colors. We’re not unicorns, after all.”

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135. “Life can suck. It can hurt. It has teeth and won’t hesitate to bite you. But if you pick yourself back up every time it knocks you down, it’ll start to hurt less, because you’ll be stronger.”

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136. “I’m not a prize to be won,” he gasped out. “That was so awesome. You go, girl. Get down with your bad self and preach. We don’t need no mens. We are fierce and hear Sam of Wilds roar.” He puffed out his chest and pranced in place in his fairy ring.”

— T.J. Klune

137. “Gus wondered if normal people carried their grief like he did. He wondered if normal people carried it for the rest of their lives like he thought he would. It didn’t hurt as much as it once had, but sometimes the scar broke apart and it was all he could do to breathe through it.”

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138. “There’s nothing like being admonished by a nine-year-old ecoterrorist in training.”

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139. “You don’t have to choose,” he says quietly. “We chose you already.”

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140. “But you have to believe me that it’s always been you. I promise. I promise.” His voice cracked and my hands shook. “I promise, because when I look upon these stars, there is nothing I wish for more than you.”

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141. “I want to court your son.” “What does that mean?” she asked. “It means I want to provide for him to prove my worth,” Joe said. “And then, once he agrees to be mine, I’ll mount him and then bite him and everyone will see that we belong to each other.” I.”

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142. “And it’s what’s on the inside that counts.”

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143. “You’re my brother, you big queen. I will love you no matter what you do, who you do, or where you do it. Do we have a clear understanding?”

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144. “It’s better, Benji, to have something burn brightly for a short time than to never have it at all.”

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145. “You make me feel like I’m burning up from the inside out.”

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146. “Richard Collins had only taken weeks to destroy the little boy I’d known. He was this shell, okay? This empty shell, and I didn’t know how to fix it. And then, Ox. Oh, and then there was you.” She.”

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147. “Take a shower. You smell like what sad dreams are made of.”

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148. “And I’m a Foxy Lady,” Tina said. “Because of reasons.” She stared at his chest. Everyone understood her reasons. Even me.”

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149. “You all have kept me sane, but he kept me safe.”

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150. “And I’ve been waiting,” Joe said. “For him to look at me like I looked at him. And he finally did. He finally did. And I’m going to do everything I can to make sure it stays like that. Because I want him for always.”

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