Top 500 Tillie Cole Quotes (2026 Update)
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351. “When we are hurting and the world feels like it is caving in on us, we need people around us to hold us up.”

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352. “Two shooting stars that burned out too quickly, never quite reaching each other’s skies.”

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353. “I ran my finger down her cheek. “Poppymin, you have me. You’ll always have me.” I cleared the lump in my throat and added, “I might be different from the boy you knew, but I’m yours.” I smirked, without humor. “Forever always.”

— Tillie Cole

354. “When AK kissed me, the whole world fell away. All the pain and demons that clouded my brain fell into a blissful void, locked away as the taste of him consumed me, chasing the dark.”

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355. “As I pushed her home, I sent a silent prayer to God, asking Him to give her just two more weeks. He could bring my girl home after that; she was ready, I’d be ready. Just after I gave her all her dreams. Just let me give her this final wish. I had to. It was my final thank-you for all the love she’d given me. It was the only gift I could give.”

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356. “A winemaker takes the seeds from a simple fruit, uses the earth to nurture it, then gives it new life in the most beautiful way.”

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357. “Luka released my neck and sat up. “Our families may be enemies, but Anri was my brother. I was 818 and he was 362. No family names divided us. No family history tore us apart. Pain and revenge brought us together.” I.”

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358. “There is no need for pride between us, River. There is no sin nor any perceived weakness that will make me love you less. In fact, helping you with your burdens welcomes you into my heart even more.”

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

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360. “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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361. “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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362. “Your touch is poison. You’ll hurt her.”

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363. “Someone I love taught me life is precious. She taught me not to do anything to jeopardize the adventure. And I listened.”

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364. “Looking down at Dolly, I took my watch from my pocket, raised it to my ear and announced, “Tick tock.”

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365. “Because who are we without each other?”

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366. “Where the hell have you been?”

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367. “Poppy stepped closer to me, running her hand down my bare arm. “You’re cold,” she announced. I didn’t care if I was suffering from hypothermia.”

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368. “She looked over at me. I couldn’t read the look in her eye, but then I heard the opening chords of One Direction’s “If I Could Fly” flood the room.”

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369. “I wouldn’t waste something so beautiful on people so ugly.”

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370. “That is the beauty of freewill, Lilah. We choose our own actions. Unlike in commune, here we get to be the masters of our fate.”

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371. “But when I thought of Rabbit again – the way he watched me, the way he looked at me, the way he cared for me – that feeling came back. My cheeks blazed with heat. I wasn’t sure if it was due to the temperature of the bathwater or my thoughts of Rabbit.”

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372. “People were always rushing even though they had plenty of time. Although I had very little, I made sure everything I did was slow. Measured. Meaningful. I made sure to savor any new experience. To take a deep breath and drink in every new sight, smell and sound. To simply stop. Breathe. Embrace.”

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373. “I just wanted to see you one last time, to give you this jar. To kiss you so I can remember you every day in heaven until I see you again.”

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374. “Sometimes when a heart breaks, it starts to let in the light.”

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375. “Inessa,” he said in a husky voice, “without you here with me, I’d rather be dead. With you in my heart, and me in yours, I am alive.”

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376. “And that was okay. Because I would care for the both of us. I wouldn’t let him put his life on hold for me.”

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377. “Instead, all I saw was sympathy in her face. I couldn’t bear that either.”

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378. “Live Free. Ride Free. Die Free!”

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379. “Romeo? I don’t want everyone to know about us yet. I want to keep our relationship to ourselves.”

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380. “She knew she had me, just as much as I had her. We were all we needed.”

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381. “Kiss 1 With my Rune. In the blossom grove. My heart almost burst.”

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382. “I have to protect you Kisa-Anna. I believe I was made to protect you.”

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383. “What challenges us, what should break us, can in the end be our greatest blessing. Because our failures can make us great. Our most basic of human adversities can inspire within us an almost superhuman strength. Our weaknesses are simply our untested wings waiting to be flown.”

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384. “With each hour, she weakened, but, just like Poppy, with each passing minute she was filled with happiness.”

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385. “So much death, so much pain! All because of greed and jealousy.” Serge.”

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386. “What’s up, bitches? Are we headin’ to this jig or what? I wanna see what prime beef is on offer. Mamma’s taco needs a good ol’ fillin’.”

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387. “My veins almost burst with need. They felt as though they were reaching from my skin, searching for the rush they craved, the liquid that was a balm on my tortured soul. On my sinful soul.”

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388. “I cried for the boy who was my sun. I mourned the boy I once loved with everything I had.”

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389. “So please, light your lanterns and help my kisses reach my girl.” I.”

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390. “Our final adventure.”

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391. “Bullet Prince, star quarterback for the Crimson Tide, dived to the right and hid behind a staircase.”

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392. “Two broken pieces searching for a way to feel whole.”

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393. “I’m sorry you’re sad,” Rune said and squeezed my hand. His t-shirt was warm from the sun. “I never ever want you to be sad. You’re Poppymin; you always smile. You’re always happy.” I sniffed and leaned my head on his shoulder. “I know. But Mamaw is my best friend, Rune, and I won’t have her anymore.” Rune didn’t say anything at first, then said, “I’m your best friend too. And I’m not going anywhere. I promise. Forever always.”

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394. “But will you follow me?” I prompted. Flame, this time, did meet my eyes and he replied, “Anywhere.”

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395. “Those were just the daily thoughts I’d had about people ever since I could remember. Most nights I fell asleep imagining what they would all look like dead.”

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396. “Manners cost nothing, son. Always be gracious with those who want to help.”

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397. “I lost all composure when he was near. He was crude, grossly promiscuous, and although my mind warned me of his evil and seductive nature, my heart betrayed my virtue and strived to have him close. His beautiful face and body tempted me to take him into my body. He was my very own forbidden fruit, one of which I had to keep far far away.”

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398. “I tried to smile. When I did, he took hold of my hand and brought it to his chest. “I’m sorry you’re sad,” Rune said and squeezed my hand. His t-shirt was warm from the sun. “I never ever want you to be sad. You’re Poppymin; you always smile. You’re always happy.”

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399. “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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400. “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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