Top 500 Tillie Cole Quotes (2026 Update)
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401. “With each hour, she weakened, but, just like Poppy, with each passing minute she was filled with happiness.”

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

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

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

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405. “Our final adventure.”

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406. “The angel willingly living in a den of demons. Unrepentant, soul-stealing demons.”

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

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409. “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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410. “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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411. “But will you follow me?” I prompted. Flame, this time, did meet my eyes and he replied, “Anywhere.”

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412. “I understand you Flame. And I am beginning to understand myself. What you and I are to each other.” “And what’s that?” I asked gruffly. Maddie bowed her head. “Everything.” My.”

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

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414. “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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415. “Death is the best lesson in life. Death teaches us to live, for the short amount of time we are here. Death teaches us to live with all our heart and soul, day by day, minute by treasured minute.”

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416. “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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417. “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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418. “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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419. “Why do I get the feeling that you are telling me goodbye?” I.”

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420. “I love you, Flame. And I will spend the rest of my life trying to make you believe that you are worthy of being loved.”

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421. “For those who have lost a loved one, I walk with you. For those who have lost a piece of their heart, I hold your hand. For those who don’t know how to move on, I pray this book gives you solace.”

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422. “And tomorrow night, my two loves-one pure yet broken and the other so dark that I now realized I didn’t know him at all-they would fight to the death.”

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423. “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.”

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424. “My thighs ached from the force of his grip. My back.”

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425. “Back off you big anabolic steroid, she needs fumigating due to the salty invasion of your Herman Von Long-schlong!”

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426. “Poppy kept talking, but I didn’t mind. I liked the sound of her voice. I liked her laugh and I liked the big white bow in her hair.”

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427. “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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428. “And all I want is you... for infinity.”

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429. “I’d come to understand that we showed our worst to those we love best. There was no judgment. Only complete, unwavering support.”

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

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

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433. “But what I loved most when I looked into his gaze was the kindness it held. He.”

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434. “And in that moment I knew – I was losing my heart to the object of my family’s deepest hatred. Zaal.”

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435. “Losing a loved one, no matter the circumstances, was the most heartbreaking thing a person could endure. But living for them, loving them even after loss, was healing too. Because they would always be around us, wanting us to live with all our hearts. Wanting us to love and wanting us to live a life so full, there would be no room for regrets when our time to pass arrived.”

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436. “You telling me there’s more in there? What is this place? A fuckin’ breeding farm for Victoria’s Secret?”

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437. “Our bodies will ache, we will tire, but we don’t stop!” I.”

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438. “Hadn’t realized how lonely I was until I had someone walking beside me, laughing with me under the sun.”

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439. “During these past two years, I thought I’d endured all facets of pain. But I was wrong. I was so wrong. Because nothing could compare with the pain of seeing the one you love in the arms of another.”

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440. “Sometimes I wished I could be Flame for a day, simply to understand what the world revealed itself to him. And to measure how different it was to the way it was revealed to me. I wished I could understand how the flames in his blood made him feel. How it managed to wear him down, minute by minute, until his only reprieve was to cut his skin and feel his blood spill.”

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441. “I had yet to set eyes on Judah. His focus seemed to be on thrusting the commune into hysterical chaos. Spinning a spiteful web to encourage what I had refused to pursue. He wanted a holy war. He wanted the Hangmen dead.”

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442. “Some minds, once cracked open, are lost forever, their prisons immune to breakthrough. But if there’s a chance, that’s how you bring your darlin’ back to you from the inside the panic room in her head. With things she loved.”

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443. “I have only ever liked one boy in my life. I have only wanted one man to have as my own. I have only ever had one dream since I was eight. Styx, the dream is you. You stole my heart fifteen yes ago and you still haven’t given it back.”

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444. “I was wrong. So damn wrong. You need a strong man, babe. You need a man to love you, to protect you, to be your fuckin’ world.” Her breath paused and I smirked. “It’s me, babe. It’s so fuckin’ me.”

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445. “He always kept me safe. He would forever have my heart... even if I could never have his.”

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446. “She’d been so nervous as the boy took her on the sand, making her his, something switching inside of him as the came together, like the final piece of their souls had fixed in place and all that was left was them as one.”

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447. “Some people are only in our lives for a short time, but the mark they leave on us is a cherished tattoo.”

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448. “Life. The strangest ride of ups and downs and heartache and loss. But also, a life with the world, the stars and the sun, joy and love. And of course, love. Love above most.”

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449. “Love if life, and you are my love... You are my entire life.”

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450. “He was Gabriel now. One of the fallen. And the one who would save them all. He didn’t know how. But he would. He was determined.”

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