Top 500 Tillie Cole Quotes (2026 Update)
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201. “Because if we did, life would be so vibrant. Life would be so truly and completely lived.”

— Tillie Cole

202. “I only saw Poppy. In my world, only she existed.”

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203. “Its like a dream... its like a painting. I want heaven to look exactly like this.”

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204. “I closed my eyes briefly. It was apt that Poppy left the same day that the cherry blossoms lost their petals too. They were guiding her soul home.”

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205. “I never felt anything. Nothing, save the urge to kill and destroy those who destroyed us.”

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206. “I had never feared death. My faith was strong; I knew there was a life after this. But now fear had started to creep into my consciousness.”

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207. “I think that love is love, no matter the flaws, or faith of the person you choose to give your heart to. We are all fallen in some way, Lilah, none of us perfect, but to feel someone’s unconditional love, surely that is all that matters in the end.”

— Tillie Cole

208. “May the devil be firmly on your side.”

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209. “She saw the light piercing the dark. She saw the good through the bad.”

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210. “Okay, okay,” Viking conceded, holding up in hands. But he turned to Sister Ruth one more time. “Just one more question, then I’ll shut up.” “Okay?” Sister Ruth said demurely, eyes narrowed. “Do you like the taste of pineapple?”

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211. “The new pastor at our church said that our babies are once angels in heaven, watching over us, keeping us safe, merely waiting for the right time to be called to us. They arrive when God sees fit to bless our lives.”

— Tillie Cole

212. “Tears poured ceaselessly from my eyes; the pain inside my body was settling into a new home. No part of me was spared.”

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213. “My heart leapt with hope. Hope that, maybe together, we may not be so damaged. That we could somehow make one another whole.”

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214. “I have always lived each day to the fullest. I know I’ve always embraced aspects of the world no one else does. I think, in some way, it was because I knew I wouldn’t have the time to experience them like everyone else. I think, deep down, my spirit knew.”

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215. “Where I broke my heart for the heart I’d just broken. The.”

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216. “There’s nothing to do, Rune. Nothing to do but weather the storm.”

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217. “The commune where I had lived in Puerto Rico.”

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218. “Underneath the scars, the muscles, and the tattoos was a hurt and lost man.”

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219. “Yours,” I confessed, from the deepest recesses of my heart. “I am yours. It took you falling into darkness to make me see the truth and light.”

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220. “It was my greatest dream too. Not to be rich. I’d been rich my entire life and still felt alone. My greatest wish in life was simple. It was him. My Tanner.”

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221. “My very own bad boy.”

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222. “Please tell me there’s more hot bitches in that cell, Mae. One for each of us,” AK said.”

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223. “This silence was perfection. It was far better than words.”

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224. “In my world, only she existed.”

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225. “Her voice was violet blue. I closed my eyes. It was my favorite color to hear.”

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226. “Kisa... ” he whispered, rolling my name on his tongue and i froze, praying he would say something else... I know you, i remember you. You’re the girl i was designed to love, my God-given match, my solnyshko. But he didn’t. Instead he inhealed a deep breath and said, “why do i feel like I’ve known you all my life?” And at that moment i knew...”

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227. “I’m terrified of going anywhere new without you... I don’t know me without you.”

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228. “No! I don’t want you kissing a boy for your jar! I won’t let it happen!” “But – ” I tried to speak, but Rune took hold of my hand. “You’re my best friend,” he said and puffed out his chest, pulling on my hand. “I don’t want you to kiss boys!” “But I have to,” I explained, pointing to the jar. “I have to for my adventure. A thousand kisses is a lot, Rune. A lot! You’d still be my best friend. No one will ever mean more to me than you, silly thing.”

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229. “He hadn’t stroked my cheek. He hadn’t held me as I slept. He had slept on the floor beside the bed, if he slept at all. Most nights he just sat against the wall, staring into space. His nose would flare, his hands would fist, and my heart would break. I didn’t know what I’d done to upset him. I didn’t want to displease him. I only ever wanted to make him happy. He was the most important thing in my life.”

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230. “Kiss me at thirty-nine thousand feet. Kiss me in the sky. Kiss me amongst the clouds.”

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231. “I love you, Arthur Adley. More than any woman has ever loved a man before.”

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232. “A life without Poppy. No infinity. No forever always. Just... nothing.”

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233. “You’re my woman. You’ve been my fuckin’ everything since I first saw you. Do you not understand that by now?”

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234. “In that cage we’re both Gods and monsters.”

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235. “I mourned Poppy and Rune – a couple of extreme beauty and even quicker death.”

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236. “What is love anyway? It is never simple, and never plays by exactly the same rules as for other people who are in love also.”

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237. “Forever always.”

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238. “People like to say that love at first sight is a myth, that instant love is for the pages of a fantasy book. But it isn’t. I lived it. Your mother and I were proof of that fact.”

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239. “It sounds good, don’t you think? Poppy and Rune, best friends for infinity!”

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240. “I raised my camera and pressed the button. I captured this rare moment: the exact moment when someone’s heart broke.”

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241. “In that moment, I felt like a true failure. I did not know how to care for either of them. I did not know how to fix the Cade brothers. They were both lost, both so filled with pain and fear which would not ease.”

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242. “You were born to stand by my side in Wonderland.”

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243. “No talking baby,” I whispered as my lips closed in on hers. “I’m gonna kiss you now and I’m gonna show you how fuckin’ good it feels.”

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244. “They notice that during the saddest, or most despairing times of their life, there was only one set of footprints. For happier times there was always two sets.”

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245. “I love you, Luka. In all these years without you, I never stopped.”

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246. “My Alice in Wonderland about to start her adventure.”

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247. “My eyes closed as I tried to chase away the lump in my throat. When I opened them, Poppy was watching me like she always did – in complete adoration.”

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248. “The real world isn’t ready to handle our reality. How could they accept that the gulags, the drugs, and the Blood Pit are real? It is the stuff of nightmares. How could they believe that males are being raised as killers, for sport and greed?”

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249. “Because sometimes, just sometimes, the sun and the moon align, bringing two people to the same place at the same time. Sometimes destiny guides them to exactly where they are meant to be. And their hearts fall in a tandem beat and their souls merge as one.”

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250. “Kiss eight hundred and nineteen was the kiss that changed it all. The kiss that proved that a long-haired brooding boy from Norway and a quirky girl from the Deep South could find a love to rival the greats.”

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