Top 500 T.J. Klune Quotes (2026 Update)
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351. “We’re here now because we chose each other. In the end, it’s always been about choice.”

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352. “And I refuse to believe that a person’s path is set in stone. A person is more than where they come from.”

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353. “Please do not hold your applause. I need validation.”

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354. “You are finite. Your time is already slipping through your fingers. It creates an urgency within you. To do all that you can. To make things right. I wonder what that must feel like, to have a sense of true motivation.”

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355. “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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356. “Because of who you are. I know you don’t see it, Linus. But I see it enough for the both of us. You make me feel like I’m burning up from the inside out.”

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357. “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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358. “Hope. Because even though you never asked for it, you are hope, a dream of a forgotten world. Carry that in your soul. Carry that, and may the burden never cause you to stumble.”

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359. “Death has a beauty to it. We don’t see it because we don’t want to. And that makes sense. Why would we want to focus on something that takes us away from everything we know? How do we even begin to understand that there’s more than what we see?”

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360. “Exactly. To err is to be human, irrational or not. And while some mistakes are bigger than others, if we learn from them, we become better people. Even if we have spiders in our brains.”

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361. “Sometimes, the people we want to protect the most might not understand why we do the things we do. But that doesn’t mean they love us any less. Only you can decide where your faith lies.”

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362. “I’d hate to know everything. There’d be no mystery left. What would be the point?”

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363. “Funny how that works out, isn’t it? That we can find the most unexpected things when we aren’t even looking for them.”

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364. “But I allow him to dream of such things because he’s a child, and who knows what the future will bring? Change often starts with the smallest of whispers. Like-minded people building it up to a roar.”

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365. “Love is such a weapon in the face of darkness, if you only know how to wield it.”

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366. “He’d learned early on in life that if he didn’t speak, people often forgot he was there or even existed. His mother had told him once when he was a child that he blended in with the paint on the wall, only memorable when one was reminded it was there at all.”

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367. “Dammit. I liked my potential murderer.”

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368. “Pero lo gracioso de los deseos era que, en ocasiones, para hacerlos realidad, bastaba con dar un primer paso.”

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369. “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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370. “I don’t need an accountant,” he told Calliope as she wound between his legs. “I have other things to think about. Like tomorrow. Why is it that I must always worry about tomorrows?”

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371. “Death isn’t a final ending, Wallace. It is an ending, sure, but only to prepare you for a new beginning.” He was stunned when he felt a tear trickle down onto his cheek. He brushed it away, not able to look at Mei as he did so. “You’re awfully strange.” He heard the smile in her voice. “Thank you. That might be the nicest thing you’ve ever said to me. You’re awfully strange too, Wallace Price.”

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

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373. “We’re a lighthouse, Nick. A beacon to help them find their way home.”

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374. “El sentimiento de culpa es una herramienta poderosa.”

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375. “That we can find the most unexpected things when we aren’t even looking for them.”

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376. “Overhauling decades of preconceptions would take time.”

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

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378. “I try to be the best ferryman I can be because I know people are counting on me. I think that’s all anyone can ask for. I’ve learned from my mistakes, even as I continue to make new ones.”

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379. “That quiet, beautiful smile that felt like seeing the ocean for the first time.”

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380. “I thought it was love. I can see now it wasn’t.”

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381. “Humanity is so weird. If we’re not laughing, we’re crying or running for our lives because monsters are trying to eat us. And they don’t even have to be real monsters. They could be the ones we make up in our heads. Don’t you think that’s weird?” “I suppose. But I’d rather be that way than the alternative.” “Which is?” “Not feeling anything at all.”

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382. “Are we going to crash and sink in the ocean and maybe die?” Chauncey asked. “That would be neat.”

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383. “His mind had come to the decision that it was experiencing technical difficulties and was broadcasting nothing but fuzzy snow.”

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384. “The Kid told me that he thought gay people were supposed to be classy, but then he looked me up and down and said that even nice stereotypes can be a detriment to society because I obviously wasn’t classy.”

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385. “Sometimes we hope for things to be a certain way, even though we know most likely it will never be. I think it’s better to temper expectations toward something realistic rather than something fantastical. It makes things easier when people let you down.”

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386. “You are beautiful, and your magic is a wonderful thing. The world knows it now. You no longer have to hide away.”

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387. “They disappeared into white sand. And beyond the white was cerulean.”

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388. “Tienen miedo de aquello que no entienden. Y ese miedo se convierte en odio por razones que estoy segura de que ni ellos mismos aciertan a comprender.”

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389. “I waved back just as hard, because when a half-giant expends that much energy in a greeting, it means you are loved.”

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390. “There must be no greater feeling in the world than to know that this isn’t forever.”

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391. “Sometimes, when your heart gets so full, it takes away your voice and all you can do is hold on for dear life.”

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392. “Because as much as cats can tell about people, you can always judge a person by how they treat animals. If there is cruelty, then that person should be avoided at all costs. If there is kindness, I like to think it’s the mark of a good soul.”

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393. “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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394. “The little girl. She wasn’t scared of me. She was nice. She didn’t care what I looked like. That means she can make up her own mind. Maybe that woman will tell her I’m bad. And maybe she’ll believe it. Or maybe she won’t believe it at all. Arthur told me that in order to change the minds of many, you have to first start with the minds of few. She’s just one person. But so is the lady.”

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395. “Honesty was a weapon. It could be used to stab and tear and spill blood upon the earth.”

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396. “There are moments in your life, moments when chances have to be taken. It’s scary because there is always the possibility of failure. I know that. I know that.”

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397. “Children are remarkably resilient when they need to be.” She frowned. “They shouldn’t have to be.”

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398. “For the most part, he’d accepted that some people were born to be Extraordinaries, and some people were born to be medicated so they didn’t spin out of control. Fair? Not really, but Nick was learning that his brain could do things that others couldn’t. In a way, he had his own superpower, even if it was called a disorder.”

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399. “Everyone is a little bit sad all the time.”

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400. “You fear what you don’t understand. You see us as chaos to the ordered world you know.”

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