Top 500 T.J. Klune Quotes (2025 Update)
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251. “He’s going to murder me,” Josy moaned. “And then he won’t want to be my boyfriend because I’m dead, and no one wants to date a dead guy except for necrophiliacs and teenage girls.”

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252. “Gustavo! Stop shaking your fists at that mermaid! You’ll scare away potential customers!”

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253. “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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254. “Sometimes I think I like you,” Gus said. “And then you talk or breathe or exist and I’m not so sure.”

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255. “THAT NIGHT as I lay in bed waiting for sleep, I heard a howl from deep in the woods. It rose like a song until I was sure it was all I could ever want to sing. It went on and on and all I could think of was home, home, home.”

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256. “But I still had trouble with words sometimes. It wasn’t that I didn’t have any. It was that I had too many, and they all got stuck trying to come out at once. But that was okay. Because Joe had plenty.”

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257. “Monsters are real. Magic is real. The world is a dark and frightening place and it’s all real.”

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258. “You’re not like everyone else, just as they’re not you.”

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259. “Sometimes, things get chipped and broken, but there’s still good in them.”

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260. “Ox,” he said, a hint of his wolf poking through, eyes flashing. “Anything you’d like to tell me?” “No,” I said quickly. “Absolutely not.” “You sure about that?” he asked, his grip on my elbow tightening. I just barely managed to pull my arm free. “I’m hungry,” I said, voice rough. “We should – ” “Sure,” he said. “Let’s go.” I blinked. He smiled at me. My heart stuttered a bit. The smile widened. No.”

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261. “Stick with something basic that is guaranteed to kill any and all arousal like Fox News.”

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262. “We live and we breathe. We die, and we still feel like breathing. It’s not always the big deaths either. There are little deaths, because that’s what grief is. I.”

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263. “I had to remind myself it was illegal to murder dragons.”

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

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266. “May our songs always be heard.”

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267. “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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268. “Fifteen-year-old Sam had seen twenty-year-old Ryan for the first time and had immediately run upstairs and jerked off. It had been a revolutionary and enlightening experience that essentially answered the question that yes, I was indeed very, very gay.”

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269. “Also, we would accept donations in our name to Planned Parenthood, because the male Republicans who wish to dismantle it should have their testicles hooked up to a car battery. Maybe then they would understand what it feels like to be a woman in America.”

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270. “Life is short, Corey. Far shorter than you think it is when you’re twenty-three. Don’t let it pass you by. You don’t want to find yourself an old man filled with regrets from all the chances you didn’t take.”

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

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272. “It was about then that I realized I was an extraordinarily complex person, because my logic typically made no sense.”

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273. “Eso es la vida, Ox, elecciones. Las elecciones que hacemos dan forma a lo que nos convertiremos.”

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274. “I wasn’t smiling,” he said. “I was doing lip stretches.”

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275. “Hindsight is a powerful thing, Wallace. We don’t always see what’s right in front of us, much less appreciate it. It’s not until we look back that we find what we should have known all along. I won’t have you thinking I’m a perfect man. It would be a lie. But I’ve learned that maybe I was a better person than I expected. I think that’s all anyone can ask for.”

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276. “Every step forward is a step closer to home.”

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277. “You were his, Ox. Even then. And he was yours.” I.”

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

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279. “I know sometimes you see things when you close your eyes that no one should ever see. But there is good in you, Lucifer, overwhelming so. I know there is.”

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280. “But he felt lighter somehow. Like he wasn’t paint blending into the wall. He felt real. He felt present. Almost like he could be seen.”

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281. “Why?” he cried. “Why the hell are you doing this? Why do you even care? Is it guilt? Is this your way of getting back at me? Do you really hate me that much? Why the hell are you doing this, Gordo? Now, after all this time, why are you doing this?” “It’s because I’m scared,” I said, voice breaking. “I love you, and I’m so scared I’m going to lose you.”

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282. “Chris pulled a small notepad from a pocket lining the inside of his jacket. He opened it, putting it on the table before him. He frowned, patting his outside pockets, before pulling out a stubby pencil that looked like it’d been gnawed on repeatedly. “Okay,” he said, opening the notepad to a fresh sheet of paper. “The meeting to get Gordo laid can now commence.”

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283. “I winked at myself in the mirror and then realized that’s what douchebags did, so I vowed to never do it again. I.”

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

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285. “I needed to see him. To make sure he was okay. To tell him how sorry I was. That I never wanted to leave him. That I never wanted to be anywhere but by his side. All I ever wanted was to keep him safe. Ever since that first day on the road, when he spoke and moved like a little tornado, all I ever wanted was to make sure nothing ever happened to Joe Bennett. He was coming for me. I.”

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286. “If wishes were fishes, we’d all swim in riches.”

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287. “She said that life was more than dirty socks.”

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288. “But a river only moves in one direction, no matter how much we wish it weren’t so.”

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289. “Your bubble, Mr. Baker. It’s been popped. Why would you allow it to grow around you again?”

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290. “Calling me a freak doesn’t say anything about me, but it says all you need to know about the person hurling it like a grenade.”

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291. “I think he is a MILF. Machine I’d Like to Fornicate.”

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292. “He’d accepted long ago that some people, no matter how good their heart was or how much love they had to give, would always be alone.”

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293. “Oh dear,” Linus Baker said, wiping the sweat from his brow. “This is most unusual.” That was an understatement. He watched in rapt wonder as an eleven-year-old girl named Daisy levitated blocks of wood high above her head.”

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294. “Queens,” Charlie muttered. “Can’t live with them, can’t shoot them because it would get glitter everywhere.”

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295. “You’ll have to warn them,” Mrs. Von Patterson said seriously. “When you go in there. Tell them this town is filled with cougars on the prowl. But that it’s definitely okay to feed the wild animals.” All three women curled their hands into claws, baring their teeth and hissing at him. “Bad touch,” Gus cried, trying to back away as they reached for him. “Bad touch!”

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296. “I listened to the earth. It sings. Most people don’t realize that. You have to listen for it with all your might. Some will never hear it, no matter how hard they try. But I can hear it as well as I can hear you. It sang to me, and I promised it in return that I would care for it if it should give me what I asked for.” She glanced down at the flower.”

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297. “The sunlight filtered through the trees, melting the thin layer of frost on the ground. He gripped the railing as the light stretched toward him. It touched his hands first. And then his wrists, and arms, and finally his face. It warmed him. It calmed him. He hoped wherever he was going that there’d still be the sun and the moon and the stars. He’d spent a majority of his life with his head turned down. It seemed only fair that eternity would allow him to raise his face toward the sky.”

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298. “Opinions are like sphincters in that most people have them, just some are louder than others and can be terribly messy if not handled correctly.”

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299. “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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300. “But that was the funny thing about wishes. Sometimes all it took to make them come true was a first step.”

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