--- title: "2 Burn Quotes By TJ Klune" description: "2 Burn quotes by TJ Klune. Plus more from TJ Klune and more Burn sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8f1/tj-klune-28598_burn_it-s-funny-really-the-older-you-get-the_1933261.jpg" --- > [“It’s funny, really: the older you get, the more you know about the world. The synapses in your brain fire at a higher level and quicker function, your knowledge expands. But you lose part of yourself, that part able to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tj-klune/it-s-funny-really-the-older-you-get-the-more-you-know-about-the-world/) [TJ Klune](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tj-klune/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8f1/tj-klune-28598_burn_it-s-funny-really-the-older-you-get-the_1933261.jpg) > [“The world is on fire, I thought wildly. See it burn and oh, my God, it burns for us.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tj-klune/the-world-is-on-fire-i-thought-wildly-see-it-burn-and-oh-my-god-it/) [TJ Klune](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tj-klune/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e09/tj-klune-28598_burn_the-world-is-on-fire-i-thought-wildly-se_2666822.jpg) ## Other authors on Burn ## More by TJ Klune > [“I wonder now, with everything said and done, if things would have been different had I remembered what the Tree had told me. Would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tj-klune/i-wonder-now-with-everything-said-and-done-if-things-would-have-been/) [TJ Klune](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tj-klune/) > [“Why is everyone being all quiet?" the Kid asks. "Are we having a staring contest? If so, you should have told me because I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tj-klune/why-is-everyone-being-all-quiet-the-kid-asks-are-we-having-a-staring/) [TJ Klune](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tj-klune/) > [“You don’t ever doubt me again,” he said hoarsely before his mouth grazed my nipples, first the left and then the right. His scruffy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tj-klune/you-don-t-ever-doubt-me-again-he-said-hoarsely-before-his-mouth/) [TJ Klune](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tj-klune/) > [“Yeah, ’cause you were so quick to speak up earlier? it mocks. What’s that one guy’s name again? The one who is your heart…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tj-klune/yeah-cause-you-were-so-quick-to-speak-up-earlier-it-mocks-what-s-that/) [TJ Klune](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tj-klune/) > [“I sit up straighter and puff out my chest a little bit, unsure why I'm doing so even as I do it. I know…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tj-klune/i-sit-up-straighter-and-puff-out-my-chest-a-little-bit-unsure-why-i-m/) [TJ Klune](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tj-klune/) > [“Because you’re worried, Bear. And it makes me nervous. You know when you worry, I worry. It’s just something we do.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tj-klune/because-you-re-worried-bear-and-it-makes-me-nervous-you-know-when-you/) [TJ Klune](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tj-klune/) > [“Well, then, Otter, of course I don’t like Bundt cake. It has eggs in it. Baby chicken eggs. You don’t see chickens standing outside…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tj-klune/well-then-otter-of-course-i-don-t-like-bundt-cake-it-has-eggs-in-it/) [TJ Klune](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tj-klune/) > [“You can’t tell a little kid that you swear to God over something and then not do it. You may effectively ruin my childhood.”…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tj-klune/you-can-t-tell-a-little-kid-that-you-swear-to-god-over-something-and/) [TJ Klune](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tj-klune/) > [“You can't just wipe away your history.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tj-klune/you-can-t-just-wipe-away-your-history/) [TJ Klune](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tj-klune/) > [“Then it hit me and I grinned at him. “You want to suck my dick!” His face grew redder. “You don’t have to say…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tj-klune/then-it-hit-me-and-i-grinned-at-him-you-want-to-suck-my-dick-his-face/) [TJ Klune](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tj-klune/) > [“Bear. It’s always been you. It will always be you. I love you, and that’s why it will always be enough.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tj-klune/bear-it-s-always-been-you-it-will-always-be-you-i-love-you-and-that-s/) [TJ Klune](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tj-klune/) > [“I wanted to tell her how that praise had made me feel, how starved I’d felt for any kind of attention, that I’d begun…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tj-klune/i-wanted-to-tell-her-how-that-praise-had-made-me-feel-how-starved-i-d/) [TJ Klune](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tj-klune/) > [“It’s funny, really: the older you get, the more you know about the world. The synapses in your brain fire at a higher level…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tj-klune/it-s-funny-really-the-older-you-get-the-more-you-know-about-the-world/) [TJ Klune](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tj-klune/) > [“I was eight years old when I realized that my G.I. Joe and Optimus Prime were more than friends,” I told her. “Theirs was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tj-klune/i-was-eight-years-old-when-i-realized-that-my-g-i-joe-and-optimus/) [Tj Klune](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tj-klune/) > [“We crashed and collided in ways I didn’t think were possible between two people. If I wasn’t careful, I was going to be in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tj-klune/we-crashed-and-collided-in-ways-i-didn-t-think-were-possible-between/) [TJ Klune](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tj-klune/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/burn/tj-klune/#itemlist", "name": "2 Burn Quotes By TJ Klune", "numberOfItems": 2, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“It’s funny, really: the older you get, the more you know about the world. 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