Top 500 T.J. Klune Quotes (2025 Update)
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401. “He never wanted this moment to end. For all the love songs he’d ever listened to in his life, he hadn’t been prepared for how a moment like this could feel.”

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

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

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404. “It’s never polite to revel in the suffering of others. What a terrible thing to do.”

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405. “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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406. “I would be impressed except I do not find idiocy impressive.”

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407. “It’s not much, but I do the best I can with what I have.” Arthur looked at him sadly. He reached out and squeezed Linus’s hand briefly before letting go. “I suppose the best is all one could ask for.”

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408. “There was no treasure after all! It was a lie to get you here for your party!” “Oh. I see. So the real treasure was the friendships we made along the way?” “You guys are the worst,” Lucy muttered. “The literal worst.”

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

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

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411. “He looked up at Linus. “I’m glad you’re here.” Linus was touched. “Thank you, Lucy – ” “If the cannibals start chasing after us, they’ll see you first. We’re little, and you’ve got all that meat on your bones, so it’ll give us time to get away. Your forthcoming sacrifice is appreciated.”

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

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413. “She crossed her arms and pouted. “Nothing’s stopping us. You told me that we should always try to achieve our dreams.” “I didn’t have murder in mind when I told you that,” Hugo said dryly. “That’s because you think too small. Go big or go home.”

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414. “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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415. “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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416. “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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417. “Full circle. From the earth we came, and to the earth we return. Pretty, if you think about it.”

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418. “Our odds of success are low. But that has never stopped us before.”

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419. “But it was better to have had it for as long as he did than to never have had it at all. What a tremendous thought that was.”

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

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

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422. “She doesn’t like you,” Talia said. “Don’t feel too bad about it, though. She doesn’t like most people. It isn’t personal, I don’t think. She would just rather you weren’t here. Or alive.”

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423. “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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424. “Let’s lead with that next time,” Mr. Parnassus said. “It might sound more humane.”

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

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426. “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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427. “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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428. “Yes. Exactly. Lucy might cause fear in the majority of the world, but he doesn’t cause it in me. I’ve seen what he is capable of. Behind the eyes and the demon in his soul, he is charming and witty and terribly smart. I will fight for him as I would for any of my children.”

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429. “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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430. “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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431. “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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432. “You want mouth full of knight,” Tiggy said. “Knight take your flower and eat it.”

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433. “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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434. “We must remember to say what’s in our hearts aloud because we can never know if it’ll be the last time we’ll ever get the chance.”

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435. “A shattered heart can be heavier than a broken limb.”

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

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437. “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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438. “Every moment we live is another moment we’re already dying.”

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439. “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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440. “Sometimes, you don’t know what you have until it’s no longer there.”

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

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442. “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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443. “I know it seems hard, but we have to be brave. Your brain is telling you that you can’t, but you don’t always have to listen to it. Sometimes it tells you white lies.”

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444. “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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445. “I always thought unicorns were made from sunshine and rainbows and good feelings. Like you just appeared one day in a field filled with flowers and a big fat sunbeam falling all around you. And there’d be butterflies or something.” That sounded way pretty. And realistic for unicorn creation.”

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446. “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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447. “We’re all on different paths, but death doesn’t discriminate. It comes for everyone.”

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448. “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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449. “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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450. “Why did you leave in the first place?” Linus hung his head. “Sometimes, you don’t know what you have until it’s no longer there. And I needed to be your voice. So those far away would hear you for all that you are.”

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