T.J. Klune

“The fight for you was all I've ever known.”

— T.J. Klune

“Don’t be difficult, Bear. It’s unattractive.”

— T.J. Klune

“Nothing's too fast if it means forever.”

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“It’s Helena Handbasket.”

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“For want of my father, I was lost.”

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“Sad fags are boring fags.”

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“I’m not effeminate. I’m just… animated.”

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“Somewhere, a bird sang a song that ached.”

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“Well, it was so quiet you could have heard a molecule fart three states away.”

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“Seven smirked as he walked back over to me. "I gave you catharsis last night. Twice.”

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“I do love you. You’ve broken my heart, but it was mine to give.”

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“I’m glad you think that murder is bad because of how someone can use it against you,”

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“You don’t have to choose,” he says quietly. “We chose you already.”

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“Everything dies, Sam,” Zero said lightly. “It’s the price we pay for being alive.”

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“You all have kept me sane, but he kept me safe.”

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“You can plan for life, but life always has plans of its own.”

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“Because I can tell. He looks like your type too.” “Is he hot?” “I wouldn’t fuck him,” Jase confided. “Well, at least…

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“I’ll wait for you,” he said as his hand dropped to his side, as his eyes began to dim. “I think I…

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“I didn't trust him right away. I don't know if I do even now. But he showed me things, things that should…

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“It was just me and him, there in that place where tragedy had happened, where I thought my life had ended. But…

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“Sometimes I wonder if you should be on medication," Charlie said. "It can't be healthy to have you thinking all by yourself…

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“I squeeze his hand and give him fifteen words that mean everything. "It's okay to sleep now, Dad. I know that one…

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“Never again, you hear me? Never again. Something happens, you tell me. I need you to tell me. I need you.”

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“Bear!” he cried into my ear. “What‟s going to happen to me? Oh, Bear, I‟m just a little guy! I‟m not big…

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“You’ve got this whole… vibe about you.” “I don’t have vibes,” Gus insisted, trying to not let out any vibes at all.…

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“If God is real, I think he might be some kind of masochist. I imagine he sits there up on his cloud,…

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“The bastard. How dare he? I was drowning in a fucking river that he was still attempting to save me from, and…

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“He'll probably end up angling for a threesome. Then I'll have to get my animal name so I can be a part…

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“Lucas glanced up at him, expression unreadable. Cavalo tightened his grip against Lucas. He heard it then, just a whisper. You… you…

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“This is my family, and the noise around me is soothing in a way it hasn't been in quite a long time.…

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“The ass to end all asses,” I said, unable to stop myself. “The Holy Grail of asses. If we lived in a…

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“Tyson,” he breathes. My name on his lips is like a revelation, and I want to break. I want to shatter. I…

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“Had I known then what I know now, I would have clung to him. I would have looked him in the eyes…

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“I watched the black ocean in his eyes and saw this flash behind them and understood what he had meant the night…

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“I should have known it was going to go downhill from there. “Now, I understand you’re looking to be dominated,” Sir said.…

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“You told me it was like the fight for me is all you’ve ever known. I think about that a lot and…

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“But he came, when I was at my darkest. I prayed him down from the sky, and he came in a flash…

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“family is not defined by blood. It’s not always who you’re born to that you’re stuck with. It’s what you want it…

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“My name is Bear. I am a reluctant homosexual (or, at least, I resemble one). My boyfr—er, life partner (gag!), is apparently…

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“Standing near the wall, surrounded by what looked like a group of total fratty jockish dudes, was a man. A very fine…

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