Top 450 Tillie Cole Quotes (2026 Update)
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51. “Our kiss may have been a middle finger to anyone who didn’t want us together, but her smile was a middle finger to the darkness in my soul.”

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52. “But now, when he smiles at you, his eyes smile too.”

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53. “Poppymin was just like the cherry blossom... She only had a short life, like they do, but the beauty that she brought in that time will never ever be forgotten. Because nothing so beautiful can last forever. She was a blossom petal, a butterfly... a shooting star... she was perfect... her life was short... but she was mine... Just as I was hers.”

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54. “Extreme beauty, quick death. We had this love long enough to teach us a lesson. To show us how capable of love we truly are.”

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55. “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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56. “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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57. “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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58. “Maybe we’re like the cherry blossom, Rune. Like shooting stars. Maybe we loved too much too young and burned so bright that we had to fade out.” She pointed behind us, to the blossom grove. “Extreme beauty, quick death. We had this love long enough to teach us a lesson. To show us how capable of love we truly are.”

— Tillie Cole

59. “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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60. “When you’re near, my heart doesn’t sigh, it soars.”

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61. “I love you, Rune Kristiansen. With all of my heart. I cannot wait to see you in your dreams.”

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62. “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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63. “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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64. “And this is why I love photography, I thought. It could pull out emotion, raw emotion, from a split second in time.”

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

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67. “Poppymin’. He said, his voice deeper-hard and strong.’ Poppymin! It means my poppy. For infinity, forever and always. You’re MY poppy.”

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68. “We all have secrets. Secrets well buried. Until we find the one soul who makes the burden of such secrets just that little bit easier to bear.”

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

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70. “Poppy Litchfield was just a seventeen-year-old girl from a small town in Georgia. Yet, from the day I had met her, she tipped my world on its head. And even now, after her death, she was still changing my world. Enriching and filling it with a selfless beauty that would never be rivaled.”

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71. “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.”

— Tillie Cole

72. “For the supporters of the Dark Romance Revolution. I adore your black hearts.”

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73. “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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74. “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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75. “I think we were meant to find each other, AK. I think we were meant to find each other, to leave hell together.” I didn’t reply. I had no words. “I think that no solution is quick, and no remedy will magically make our pain drift away. I believe that we must go on through this pain we are feeling in order to move on. And I believe whatever God or greater power exists above us brought us together so we may heal together. Heal the other in a way that no other person could.”

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76. “Cannot imagine your life without her in it? Would kill if anyone hurt her? Would die if you ever lost her? Can’t breathe or sleep without seeing her face.”

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77. “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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78. “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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79. “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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80. “I think hearts beat a rhythm like a song. I think, that just like music, we’re drawn to a particular melody. I heard your heart’s song, and yours heard mine.”

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

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

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

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86. “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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87. “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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88. “I was forged in the fire, Asher. I was born to withstand the flames.”

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

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90. “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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91. “As special as special can be.”

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

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

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95. “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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96. “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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97. “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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98. “Only Earl Grey will ever do.”

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99. “I had learned of late that someone who appears wicked on the outside, may actually turn out to possess the kindest soul of all.”

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100. “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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