Top 450 Tillie Cole Quotes (2025 Update)
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51. “If all else perished, and he remained, I should still continue to be; and if all else remained, and he were annihilated, the universe would become a mighty stranger.”

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52. “A new adventure, Rune. To collect a thousand boy-kisses before I die, from my soulmate.”

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53. “A home is not a place. It’s not a country or a town or a building or possession. Home is with the other half of your soul, the person who shares in your grief and helps you carry the burden of loss. Home is with the person who throughout it all never gives up on you and brings you eternal happiness.”

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54. “I hope you’re the end of my story. I hope you’re as far as it goes. I hope you’re the last words I ever utter. It’s never your time to go...”

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55. “I’ll give you a thousand kisses, Poppymin. All of them. No one will kiss you ever, but me.”

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56. “I have come to understand that death, for the sick, is not so hard to endure. For us, eventually, our pain ends, we go to a better place. But for those left behind, their pain only magnifies.” Poppy.”

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57. “He kissed me until there was no part of me that didn’t know who it belonged to. He kissed me until my heart again fused with his – two halves of one whole.”

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58. “She always said she had moonbeams in her heart and sunshine in her smile. Mamaw told me that meant she was happy.”

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59. “I was never meant to fall for him, but the forbidden love I found with The Hades Hangmen VP turned out to be the key to my salvation.”

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60. “Only Earl Grey will ever do.”

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61. “I will be forever grateful that you saved my life, Styx, and sang to me so perfectly on your guitar. You have shown me more compassion in a matter of days than I have had my whole life.”

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62. “Rune Kristiansen was way too handsome to scowl. A face that beautiful should forever wear a smile. “Go.”

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63. “Every day is different. The colors, the shades, the impact on your soul.” She sighed and said, “Every day is a gift, Rune. If I’ve learned anything from the last couple of years, it’s that.”

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64. “She told me that the best and prettiest things never stay around for long. She said that a cherry blossom was too beautiful to last all year. It was more special because its life was short.”

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65. “It’s okay to laugh,” she said, her voice as soft as a feather. “It’s okay to smile. It’s okay to feel happy. Or what’s the point in life?” What she was saying hit me hard. Because I didn’t want to do or feel those things. I felt guilty just thinking about being happy.”

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66. “One Direction’s “If I Could Fly.”

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67. “I am your queen. And you are my king. Your dark kingdom is now ours.” I removed my bloodied hand from his chest and drew a cross over my heart with my finger. “Forever.”

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68. “My husband, part dangerous killer and ultimate protector, part lost and broken soul forever seeking some kind of light.”

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69. “A reminder that we were Poppy and Rune. Somewhere under all the hurt and pain, under all the new layers we’d acquired, we were still here. In love. Two halves of one heart.”

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70. “I read once that when you dream each night, it’s actually a visit home. Home, Rune. Heaven.” I began feeling the warmth that that vision brought at my toes. It began to travel over my whole body. “My heaven will be you and me in the blossom grove. Like always. Forever seventeen.”

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71. “I am a survivor. The scars he found so repulsive were a testament to my strength. I cannot, will not, be ashamed of actions thrust on me by others.”

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72. “The female wrapped herself around my heart like a warm blanket. It beat with the hope, with the surreal feeling, that she knew what it felt like to be me. She knew loss and grief. She too harbored a scarred soul.”

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73. “I do not want you to think I am not happy or that I do not love you. Because I do, more than I can explain. Psalms are poems; you are mine. You are the embodiment of every divine word that could slip from my lips. I adore you, Ky. I can no longer imagine my life without you in it. You are my white dove. You fill me with peace, love, and devotion.”

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74. “Why don’t we look at the person we love the most like it’s the last time we will ever see them? Because if we did, life would be so vibrant. Life would be so truly and completely lived.”

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75. “I feel fear over leaving you. I’m not scared of dying, Rune. But I’m terrified of going anywhere new without you.”

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76. “Live beautifully.”

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77. “That beat, that new lease of life pounding within my chest? It is his. The awakening of my heart belongs to Flame.”

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78. “I know I’m different. I know I don’t see the world like everyone else does. But I want to see your world, Maddie. Even if it’s the only one I’ll ever understand.”

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79. “Because something so completely perfect and special is destined to fade. Eventually, it has to blow away into the wind.”

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80. “It is my eternal right to love you. And I will fight for that right until the sun sets on my life.”

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81. “I’ve never stopped loving you. You were enough to last a lifetime.”

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82. “This isn’t the end. It’s just a little pause in our lives.”

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83. “Then I packed away everything that reminded me of you.” I barked out a laugh. “Shame I couldn’t pull out my heart and pack it away too. Because that prick wouldn’t let me forget you, no matter how much I tried.”

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84. “A queen bows to no one, especially to her king.”

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85. “A toast... to taking a chance, because that chance taken may be the very path that leads you to your happily ever after.”

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86. “When I look at you, when you touch me, when I see your face... when we kiss, my heart plays a song. It sings that it needs you like I need air. It sings to me that I adore you. It sings that I’ve found its perfect missing part.”

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87. “She was my living, breathing doll. She wore the face of the purest angel, masking such evil living within.”

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88. “But now I’m here I’m spoiled for choice. I have all of these ways to kill him, and I just can’t pick one.”

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89. “In fact, I am beginning to think all I have believed my whole life is a falsehood. I find myself questioning if there is even a God. Or is religion used to control people, for a small group of people to get what they want?”

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90. “I’d bet my life on it.”

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91. “I’ll be the hand forever holding yours.”

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92. “All the kisses that make your heart almost burst, the ones that are the most special, the ones you want to remember when you’re old and gray like me.”

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93. “Poppy, Poppymin, she was the cherry blossom. She was my cherry blossom.”

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94. “Because for me, you are truth. My truth. My heart, is all you.”

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95. “I’m the girl who wakes up early to watch the sunrise. I’m the girl who wants to see the good in everyone, the one who is taken away by a song, inspired by art.” Turning to me, she smiled. “I’m that girl, Rune. The one who waits out the storm simply to catch a glimpse of a rainbow. Why be miserable when you can be happy? It’s an obvious choice to me.”

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96. “I didn’t know why, but capturing moments fascinated me. Maybe it was because sometimes all we get are moments. There are no do-overs; whatever happens in a moment defines life – perhaps it is life. But capturing a moment on film keeps that moment alive, forever. To me, photography was magic.”

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97. “Because how dare we waste a single breath? How dare we waste something so precious? Instead, we should strive for all those precious breaths to be taken in as many precious moments as we can squeeze into this short time on Earth.”

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98. “We ride this road together, no matter what gets in our way.”

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99. “Poppymin?” Rune said. That’s what he called me. It meant ‘my Poppy’ in Norwegian. I loved him speaking Norwegian to me.”

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100. “Because you belong to me, Kisa. You always have.” Luka’s face thawed and he pointed at my eye, then his left. “You’re a part of me, remember? God put a piece of you within me so when we were born, everyone would know we matched.”

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