Top 450 Tillie Cole Quotes (2025 Update)
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251. “When I knew I liked them both, my biggest fear had been that I’d be drawn to one more than the other. Was my heart designed to allow only one in? But as I lay there, kissing both these men who’d so captured my soul, I realized that a heart is infinite. Love can expand and expand. My heart could hold as much as I was willing to let in.”

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252. “He tells the person that He had walked with them their whole life through. But, He explains, the times where there is only a single set of footprints were not when He walked beside them, but instead, when He carried them.”

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253. “You’ll still see me in your dreams. This isn’t a goodbye.”

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254. “One thousand and one,” I whispered aloud. I pressed another, and another. “One thousand and two, one thousand and three, one thousand and four.”

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255. “Devil. That seemed a good title for Arthur. Most people were terrified of him. He was unapproachable, with eyes that could cut you where you stood. And he had the allure of Satan too. A magnet to sin and temptation, stirring wants and desires inside of me that were anything but chaste and holy. And if the rumours were true, he had the evilness of the dark lord too.”

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256. “You would hold me just like this and we would talk. You’d tell me about your day and I’d tell you about mine.” I smiled at the normalcy of the picture. Because I didn’t need grand gestures or fairy tales; a normal life with the boy I loved would have always been enough.”

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257. “Mama always said the stars aligned when we were born, that God made us a match. From the first time we saw each other, Luka took me in his arms and swore his protection over me to my mother. Mama used to say she caught him starting into my crib only hours after I was born. Then when she asked what he was doing, he asked her if he could have me.”

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258. “My heart slammed in my chest. “Yeah. The most beautiful,” I answered.”

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259. “The boy River had grown into Styx the man and, despite his flaws and his harshness, he was all I wanted. All I had ever wanted. I was completely consumed by his every touch, his taste and smell, and at that moment, I gave my soul whole-heartedly, to a sinner.”

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

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261. “He had taken a piece of my tainted soul... of my heart... and made him a part of me. He was in my every cell, my conscience. He was simply part of me.”

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262. “I was sure that if I’d listened closely to the howling wind rushing by, I would have heard Poppy’s lips break into a wide smile as she danced her way home.”

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263. “Then I cried. I cried for the boy who was my sun. I mourned the boy I once loved with everything I had. I mourned Poppy and Rune – a couple of extreme beauty and even quicker death.”

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264. “With every day here in this new part of Wonderland, I got curiouser and curiouser.”

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265. “I felt him relax as he whispered, “I love you.” Smiling into his chest, I replied, “And I you, Flame.” Flame sighed and murmured, “Mine.”

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266. “He dropped a kiss on the tip of my nose. “I haven’t been with anyone since the day I met you. For the first time in my life, I wanna be with just one person. I wanna be with you. It’s all a little new for me. Hell has officially frozen over and I’m crossin’ to the monogamy dark side.”

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267. “And then when it’s time for you to come home too, it’ll be me who greets you. And there’ll be no worry or fear or pain. Just love.” I sighed happily. “Imagine that, Rune. A place where there’s no pain or hurt.” I closed my eyes and smiled. “When I think about it that way, I’m not so scared anymore.”

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268. “I’m half a heart. This, who I am now, was due to a life devoid of you. This darkness, this anger, was born from you not being by my side.”

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

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270. “It is easy to ignore someone’s sins when love blinds you.”

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271. “I had no idea if my only reason for living could be saved.”

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272. “I’d seen Poppy every day since I was five. Slept beside her almost every night since I was twelve. Kissed her every day since I was eight, and loved her with everything I had for so many days I’d stopped keeping track.”

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273. “We have our future to explore. We won’t be slaves to the past.”

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274. “You getting on or what, beauty queen? Looked like you were trying to hitch a ride.”

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275. “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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276. “My daddy was gone. My daddy was in heaven. He was never, ever coming back.”

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277. “Where’s my little buddy?” Mamaw’s voice was quiet and sounded funny, but the smile she gave me made me feel warm. Giggling at my mamaw, I rushed to the side of the bed. “I’m here! I came home early from school to see you!” Mamaw lifted her finger and tapped the end of my nose. “That’s my girl!” I smiled real big in response. “I just wanted you to visit a little while. I always feel better when the light of my life sits beside me and talks to me some.”

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278. “And all I want is you... for infinity.”

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279. “Mae was mine. Fifteen long years of wanting her to be mine, and here she sat, curled up in my arms – a fuckin’ angel in hell.”

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280. “Because I love her. I love her more than I could ever explain. My single set of footprints in the sand.”

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281. “We’d always been together. Her and me, from birth, we were always together.”

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282. “All he had ever wanted was to be happy – just him and me. For me, I wanted him to learn to be happy alone. Even though I would walk beside him every day in his heart.”

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283. “You see, Pix, I have scars too. It’s just mine are on the outside where everyone can see.”

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284. “They were taking me from my girl, my soul. And I couldn’t do a damn thing about it.”

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285. “I hardly knew myself these days.”

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286. “I love you, Achille Marchesi, winemaker of the Bella Collina merlot. I found you, my missing part, here amongst the vines, and nothing you say will ever change that fact.”

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287. “I welcomed bringing death to him. To all of them. I didn’t care who I killed. I never cared.”

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288. “Poppy was quirky, not cool. She wasn’t concerned with what people thought of her – she never had been. She read books, she studied for fun, she woke at dawn just to watch the sunrise.”

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289. “Your touch is poison. You’ll hurt her.”

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290. “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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291. “Valentin’s forehead rested against mine, and inhaling a shaky breath he confessed, “I feel alive.” I stilled at these heartbreaking words; then he added, “I feel like yours.”

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292. “The soothing vocals of “Ave Maria” serenaded from the small speaker, and Austin looked at me and shrugged in embarrassment. “It makes her smile,” was all he said. I lost a piece of my heart to him right then.”

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293. “His lips worshipped me. I never thought I would ever understand the meaning of a kiss. How it could momentarily stop your heart from beating, or how such an innocent touch could make you feel so incredibly cherished.”

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294. “Looking at her as if she was mad. She was, of course. But so was I. It was what I loved most about us.”

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295. “He will awaken, through blood, what lies dormant in her soul. The darkness that had lurked hidden for years, sleepily waiting for the time to strike. To be born.”

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296. “Sleep, baby. I got you.”

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297. “Before you I was vacant of love. Now I am replete. Before you I lived without hope. Now I am inspired. Before you I was broken. Now I am whole.”

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298. “Dark. The only way I could explain his scent was dark.”

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299. “My mamaw always said that heaven looks however you want it to look, you know.”

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300. “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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