Top 500 T.J. Klune Quotes (2024 Update)
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351. “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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352. “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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353. “Because all beings deserve a chance to find out what life could be when they don’t have to serve others.”

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354. “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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355. “I’m just one person. I’m just me.” “I know. And what a lovely person you are.”

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356. “But it’s also – we had a strange family growing up. Things weren’t always easy. For us. For others. Mistakes were made. Bad things happened. But we survived. We made it through everything. And there came a point where I wanted to be able to pass on all we learned. To let Bear see that he deserved more. To maybe have a chance to be happier than we’d ever been.”

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357. “No one who started a sentence with ‘well, well, well’ ever wanted something nice.”

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358. “In a way, he has his own superpower, even if it was called a disorder.”

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359. “Because a designation is a gift,” Rambo said. “It’s an identity. It sets us apart from others like us. It’s unique. In all of existence, there has never been someone named Rambo before me. But even if there were, I’m the best one.”

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360. “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.”

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361. “And Daisy and Marcus, of course. Sitting side by side, Daisy exclaiming over his tail cast through a mouthful of biscuit.”

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362. “Where we love is home – home that our feet may leave but not our hearts. – Oliver Wendell Holmes.”

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363. “My insides are rotted and festering like an infected wound leaking pus.”

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

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

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367. “Hmm,” Gary said. “Yes. Your meeting. Your secret meeting that you never tell anyone about or where it is or why you go. That meeting.”

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368. “Victor is extremely intelligent,” Nurse Ratched said. “He can fix almost anything. And he decided to fix you, so you should be thankful to your father. Your dad. Your daddy. Error. Error. Do not call people ‘daddy.’ That is unprofessional.”

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369. “If it were with a girl, I’d be telling you the same thing. Wrap it, Nicky. Always wrap it before you stick it anywhere”. He tilted his head and squinted at his only son. “Or if it’s stuck in you. It don’t matter to me one way or another. What’s that called? Bottoming? I don’t care if you’re a bottom or the other one. Use protection.”

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370. “Full circle. From the earth we came, and to the earth we return. Pretty, if you think about it.”

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371. “But sometimes things happen that we don’t expect. Like finding a boy with magic in his skin who is everything.”

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372. “The things we fear the most are often the things we should fear the least. It’s irrational, but it’s what makes us human. And if we’re able to conquer those fears, then there is nothing we’re not capable of.”

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373. “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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374. “You can’t be sad when you’re laughing. Mostly.”

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375. “You want mouth full of knight,” Tiggy said. “Knight take your flower and eat it.”

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376. “You are way too pretty to exist in this world with us mere mortals.” I somehow managed to stop myself from calling him Knight Delicious Face. It was close.”

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377. “Never forget where you come from, but don’t allow it to define you.”

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

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379. “Growing tea isn’t for everyone,” Hugo said. “Most tea plants don’t mature until around three or four years. You can harvest the leaves before then, but something’s missing from the flavor and scent. You have to put in the time and have patience. Too early, and you risk killing the plant and having to start all over again.”

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380. “The things we fear the most are often the things we should fear the least. It’s irrational, but it’s what makes us human.”

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381. “Do you need a hug? I can give you a hug if you want.”

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382. “He said, “It’s you. I would always choose you. I don’t care if it’s a biological imperative. I don’t care if it’s some destiny. I don’t care if you were made specifically for me. It doesn’t matter. Because I would choose you regardless.”

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383. “From the moment your born, you’re dying.”

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384. “No,” Linus said. “I will not be careful. It may not have been by your hand that he suffered, but it was by your ideals. The ideals of DICOMY. Of a registration. Of the prejudice against them. You allow it to fester, you and all the people before you who sat where you do now. You keep them segregated from everyone else because they’re different than the rest of us. People fear them because they’re taught to.”

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385. “If you asked him why he cared about them so, he would tell you it’s because they exist at all.”

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386. “But Linus Baker was a soft man with a heart longing for home.”

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

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388. “Love means raising up to sky. Letting go so wings work and you learn to fly.”

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389. “And children are far more observant than we give them credit for. If he saw the same thing in me as everyone else, what hope would there be?” “Hope?” Linus said stupidly. “Hope,” Mr. Parnassus repeated. “Because that is what we must give him, what we must give all of them. Hope and guidance and a place to call their own, a home where they can be who they are without fear of repercussion.”

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390. “Why can’t life work whatever way we want it to? What’s the point of living if you only do it how others want you to?”

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391. “There’s a surface to you that’s hard but cracked. Dig a little deeper, and there is all this life teeming wildly. It’s a conundrum.”

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392. “Life is senseless, and on the off chance we find something that does make sense, we hold onto it as tightly as we can.”

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

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394. “You don’t want to end up missing the forest for the trees.”

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395. “You didn’t know it was a possibility,” Arthur said quietly. “But those of us who dream of impossible things know just how far we can go when pushed to do so.”

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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. “Pre-Algebra it was called. That scared me, because it was already hard when it was a “pre”. What would happen when it was just Algebra without the “pre?”

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399. “I love humanity. I love their grace. Their faults. Their idiosyncratic ways. They loved, they hated, they destroyed, and yet there has never been anything like them in all the world.”

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400. “Everything deserves a chance.”

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