Top 500 T.J. Klune Quotes (2026 Update)
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201. “Mark was watching me. “What?” I asked, still chuckling. He shook his head slowly. “Uh – nothing. I just – it’s nice. Hearing you. Like this. I like it. When you laugh.” Then he blushed furiously and looked away.”

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202. “You can’t own what belongs to the world.”

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203. “So I said, “Goddammit,” and hugged it out with the both of them, because feelings.”

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204. “It should have been obvious. It should have been obvious what they were, but then I wasn’t looking for the incredible buried in the ordinary.”

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205. “The third day, he wasn’t on the road. I wanted to feel relieved. Instead, I was disappointed. Until I got home. Mom had had the day off, the first in a long while. So, of course, she was home when I got there. And so was Joe. Sitting at our kitchen table. Wearing dress pants, a dress shirt. And a bow tie. Which, unbeknownst to me, turned out to be one of my greatest weaknesses. I.”

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206. “Sometimes volume is needed to get through thick skulls.”

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207. “If we worry about the little things all the time, we run the risk of missing the bigger things.”

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208. “Somewhere, a bird sang a song that ached.”

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209. “I’m angry,” I admitted. “So angry.” “I know,” she said, squeezing my hands. “It’s why we’re dancing. I find it hard to be angry when I’m dancing. There’s just something about it that doesn’t foster rage.”

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210. “It’s been said by many people that I look like I know what I’m doing.”

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211. “Good tea is patience. It’s not about instant gratification, not like the bags with the little strings. Those can be fleeting, here and gone again before you know it. Tea like this makes you appreciate the effort you put into it. The more it steeps, the stronger the taste.”

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212. “Then Rico said, “Okay, like. No offense, papi. You know I love you. Bros for life, and all that. But did you go a little nuts in your head from the mystical moon magic? Because it seems like you went a little nuts in your head from the mystical moon magic.”

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213. “He gave me a lot, but it would have never been enough.” He looks thoughtful as he gazes back down at me. “It would never have been enough,” he tells me,” because it would never have been you.”

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214. “I squawked attractively. Okay. That was a lie. There is no way to squawk attractively. It was rather unattractive. Arms flailing, legs kicking. It was just awful.”

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215. “One thing that they don’t tell you is that fires can’t burn bright forever.”

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216. “Hi, my name is Ryan Foxheart. Oh no! There’s danger afoot! Let me pull out my sword and pose.” I mimed pulling a sword from my side and cocked an eyebrow. “Notice how dashing I am. And immaculate. And today, my hair is parted on the right. Wink.”

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217. “Oh, Sam. Sam, Sam, Sam. You know nothing about dragons, do you? Wow. How the hell are we your destiny? You poor, poor sexy man-child. I feel bad for you. And slightly aroused. But mostly bad. And aroused.”

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218. “Everyone’s different, Wallace. There’s no one way to go about this, no uniform rules in place that can be applied to every single person like you who comes through my doors. That wouldn’t make sense because you’re not like everyone else, just as they’re not you.”

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219. “Robert Redford is like cheese: he ages well and I want to put him in my mouth.”

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220. “I’m not crying. My eyes are sweating.”

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221. “This is for life. When the wolf attaches, it is for life.” “I.”

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222. “Oh boy,” the unicorn said. “You do that, Robert Smith.” I frowned at him. “Who?” The unicorn shook his head. “This guy I knew. Crazy hair. Sad all the time. Used to sing about it. It got old real fast. Before your time.” Whatever. It was probably stupid old people music, anyway.”

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223. “He put his finger guns away. He should not be allowed to carry weapons of mass humiliation.”

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224. “We get trapped in our own little bubbles, and even though the world is a wide and mysterious place, our bubbles keep us safe from that. To our detriment.”

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225. “We are literally the gayest pack that has ever existed,” Rico said to no one in particular. “I see no problem with this.”

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226. “It helps to laugh, even when you don’t feel like laughing. You can’t be sad when you’re laughing. Mostly.”

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227. “Bravery is a virtue... In the face of adversity, it separates the strong from the weak.”

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228. “He bent his head down, running his nose along my cheek. My neck. Behind my ear, huffing his scent onto me like he hadn’t done since he’d become the Alpha. I loved it. And him. But.”

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229. “You spit your drink over the balcony. It landed on someone. That means you have to marry them. It’s tradition.”

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230. “Joe sang the loudest of all. He said, you belong to me.”

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231. “Someone, my mother had said. Make someone very happy. Not a her. But someone. I.”

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232. “Gus screamed, the notecards falling out of his hand as he jumped. “Whoa,” Bernice said. “That certainly was high-pitched for a man.” “Gus is special that way,” Betty said as she scooped up the cards off the counter.”

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233. “Honey, you’re pouting. That’s not dangerous. It’s adorable.”

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234. “There was the danger with knowing and loving others. You always knew things about them to throw back in their faces.”

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235. “Can you sign something?” Nicole demanded. “This paper? This napkin? My chest? My inner thighs or my wildest dreams? Whatever you want.”

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236. “Everyone needs someone. Some just need one. Others need many.”

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237. “Another fairy flew up, carrying a spear and wearing a helmet and not much else. I thought about asking why he had armor on his head and not his balls, but I didn’t think that was proper etiquette while being held prisoner by the Dark Woods fairies.”

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238. “It’s not about need, Linus. That’s not what gift giving is for. It’s about the joy that someone is thinking of you.”

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239. “He was a tornado of fingers and feet and words. I was caught in the storm.”

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240. “Dates usually meant expectations. And expectations led to situations that Josy wasn’t comfortable with. It was easier to just avoid it entirely.”

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241. “Como he dicho antes, el mundo es un lugar raro y maravilloso, pero eso no significa que no tenga dientes. Y muerde cuando uno menos se lo espera.”

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242. “It’s like something so lovely can’t just be lovely. It also has to be harsh and corroding.”

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243. “Most people like hair,” Morgan said. “His is curly and dreamy. Now shut up.”

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244. “Life isn’t defined by how long it is. It’s the moments you have while you’re alive.”

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245. “If the inspirational calendar had been a person, Gus would have punched it in the face.”

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246. “Why’d the chicken cross the road?” I gaped at him. “Because it got scared after it saw me kicking your ass!”

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247. “The color of your dress really brings out the extraordinary paleness of your skin tone. Are you unwell? Dying, perhaps?”

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248. “I wish I could find that one person made for me so that way I can show them why I was made for them.”

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249. “THREE YEARS. One month. Twenty-six days.”

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250. “I can’t wait to see him again, to hold my son’s face in my hands and tell him how proud I am of him. We think we have time for such things, but there’s never enough for all we should have said.”

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