Top 500 T.J. Klune Quotes (2026 Update)
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401. “Children are remarkably resilient when they need to be.” She frowned. “They shouldn’t have to be.”

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

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404. “Because even the bravest of us can still be afraid sometimes, so long as we don’t let our fear become all we know.”

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405. “WE GOT to my work, and I let the Kid go with a list while I went to the office to check the schedule for the coming week. I was off tomorrow and didnt have to be in till the afternoon of the day after. That was good. It either left me with enough time to grovel on my knees for forgiveness from Otter, which would hopefully lead to me needing to be on my knees for other reasons, or it would give me enough time to find the nearest bridge to jump off of when he rejected me.”

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

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408. “It’s good to talk about how you’re feeling, but it’s even better to fight for the things you believe in.”

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409. “The only time he’d actually seen Extremely Upper Management was during the holidays when the luncheon occurred, and Extremely Upper Management stood in a row at the front of the room, dishing out dried-up ham and lumpy potatoes from foil trays, grinning at each of their underlings, telling them they’d earned this fine meal for all their hard work.”

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410. “Just because we don’t tell you everything doesn’t mean we don’t know we can come to you on our terms, when we’re ready.”

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411. “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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412. “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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413. “I like being round,” Talia announced. “It means there’s more of me to love.”

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414. “Linus sighed. “I’m not trying to argue with you on this.” Arthur nodded. “Of course not. Because if we were arguing, it would mean that we were both so set in our ways, we weren’t amenable to seeing it from another side. And I know I’m not that stubborn.”

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415. “Denial. Anger. Bargaining. Depression. Acceptance.”

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416. “Sometimes wishes should never be spoken aloud as they won’t come true.”

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417. “I don’t think this is working out between us,” I told him. “You and I want different things. It’s not me, it’s you.”

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418. “Dream logic. Wistfulness. Empathy. These describe you. That is unfortunate. It would be better if you were a machine. Silly human emotions.”

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419. “FOR HUMANITY: You kinda suck, but you invented books and music, so the universe will probably keep you around for a little bit longer. You got lucky. This time.”

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420. “The world is a weird and wonderful place. Why must we try and explain it all away?”

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421. “Sometimes, people can be sad or scared for reasons even they can’t explain.”

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422. “All that sunlight. I’m used to only rain.”

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423. “Humanity is awful, angry, and violent. But we are also magical and musical. We dance. We sing. We create. We live and laugh and rage and cry and despair and hope. We are a bundle of contradictions without rhyme or reason. And there is no one like us in all the universe.”

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424. “Calliope, a thing of evil, sat on the edge of his bed, black tail twitching as she watched him with bright green eyes. She started purring. In most cats, it would be a soothing sound. In Calliope, it indicated devious plotting involving nefarious deeds.”

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425. “If we can’t laugh at ourselves, we’re doing it wrong.”

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426. “It’s time, I think. To let the past rest. Take something filled with anger and sadness and make it better.”

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427. “There are times when all I can think about is marking you so everyone knows who you belong to. To carve my name into your skin so you never forget me. To hide my family away so no one can ever hurt them. I have to protect what’s mine. Richard tried to take that away from me, and I think it made it worse. I don’t think he knew that he was making it worse.”

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428. “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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429. “Mr. Parnassus arched an eyebrow. “The world is a weird and wonderful place. Why must we try and explain it all away? For our personal satisfaction?”

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430. “Everyone loses their way at some point, and it’s not just because of their mistakes or the decisions they make. It’s because they’re horribly, wonderfully human. And the one thing I’ve learned about being human is that we can’t do this alone. When we’re lost, we need help to try to find our way again.”

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431. “Sounds like quite the existential crisis. Perhaps consider having it elsewhere.”

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432. “This story explores life and love as well as loss and grief. There are discussions of death in different forms – quiet, unexpected, and death by suicide. Please read with care.”

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433. “That’s at least a part of my happiness, I think. Knowing I’d be found.”

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434. “He thought it preposterous: the idea of fire and brimstone, that sinners went to Hell while everyone else went to Heaven. Sins seemed to be subjective.”

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435. “We stand together,” Nick reminded him, “so we don’t have to struggle apart. You’re not alone in this, okay?”

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

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437. “I don’t know how to be anyone but who I already am. This is how I’ve always been. It’s not much, but I do the best I can with what I have.”

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438. “Here was a shot of an island in a cerulean sea, the trees so thick, he couldn’t see the ground.”

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439. “I would close my eyes and sleep and when I awoke, this would all have been a dream. Even though there was pain, even though I could feel everything, this would be a dream because it couldn’t be real.”

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440. “He still insisted I smelled like dirt and leaves and rain.”

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441. “Ooh,” Bernice said. “That’s catchy.” “Like chlamydia,” he muttered under his breath.”

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442. “Morality is relative. Just because you find something abhorrent, doesn’t mean it actually is.”

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443. “So they can do anal but they can’t have a talk about feelings? That seems backward if you ask me.”

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

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445. “It’s about the love and care you put into the earth. It’s intent. It’ll know your intentions, and, if they’re good and pure, there is nothing you won’t be able to do.”

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446. “Smile and maybe tomorrow,” Arthur whispered in his ear. “You’ll see the sun come shining through for you.”

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447. “I hope you woke up in a strange place.”

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448. “En ocasiones, tenemos que hacer cosas desagradables por nuestros seres queridos.”

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449. “Be it man or machine, Victor thought, to love something meant loving the ghost inside, to be haunted by it.”

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450. “As long as you listen, you can hear all manner of things you never thought were there to begin with.”

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