Quotes from It Ain't Me, Babe

Tillie Cole ·  466 pages

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“It’s me babe... Ain’t no other man for you... but me.”
― Tillie Cole, quote from It Ain't Me, Babe


“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.”
― Tillie Cole, quote from It Ain't Me, Babe


“For the first time in my life, I feel wanted... like I finally belong. There is nowhere on Earth I would rather be than here with you. You do not cage me, Styx. You make me soar.”
― Tillie Cole, quote from It Ain't Me, Babe


“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.”
― Tillie Cole, quote from It Ain't Me, Babe


“We were always fated to be together. He is my everything. He is my entire world...
...Styx is my salvation.”
― Tillie Cole, quote from It Ain't Me, Babe



“Live free, ride free, die free.”
― Tillie Cole, quote from It Ain't Me, Babe


“Because if Styx was damned to hell, so was I. I would follow him into the fire.”
― Tillie Cole, quote from It Ain't Me, Babe


“I t-tried to stay away, do the right thing. B-because I ain't no go for you. But f*uck, I want you so b-bad I feel like I- I c-can't breathe. Can't p-push you away n-no more. Need to have you c-close.”
― Tillie Cole, quote from It Ain't Me, Babe


“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.”
― Tillie Cole, quote from It Ain't Me, Babe


“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.”
― Tillie Cole, quote from It Ain't Me, Babe



“I want you to show me what being with a man should be like. What giving my body and soul to you should be like.”
― Tillie Cole, quote from It Ain't Me, Babe


“He was sin personified… A sin I craved… but right now I was out and out afraid of him.”
― Tillie Cole, quote from It Ain't Me, Babe


“You have light within you, Styx, and I feel it shining through like the rays of the midday sun. It is beautiful. You are a good man.”
― Tillie Cole, quote from It Ain't Me, Babe


“You telling me there's more in there? What is this place? A fuckin' breeding farm for Victoria's Secret?”
― Tillie Cole, quote from It Ain't Me, Babe


“I leaned into her hand. Twenty-six years old and a single touch was gonna make me blow in my jeans.”
― Tillie Cole, quote from It Ain't Me, Babe



“Styx was sin; Rider was peace.”
― Tillie Cole, quote from It Ain't Me, Babe


“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...”
― Tillie Cole, quote from It Ain't Me, Babe


“Her voice was as tiny as she was, but it was the sweetest damn thing I'd ever heard...and too long coming. Fifteen fuckin' years to hear that damn voice again, and apparently, she'd been waiting for mine too”
― Tillie Cole, quote from It Ain't Me, Babe


“Babe, you're my best kinda therapy”
― Tillie Cole, quote from It Ain't Me, Babe


“I’d never felt more comfortable than when I had my guitar in hand,”
― Tillie Cole, quote from It Ain't Me, Babe



“His tongue licked at the silver ring through his bottom lip and a large set of dimples set on his cheeks.”
― Tillie Cole, quote from It Ain't Me, Babe


“I thought about you often, the boy behind the fence, the boy on the outside...the boy who stole my first and only kiss”
― Tillie Cole, quote from It Ain't Me, Babe


“...And I think I just fell in love with you...”
― Tillie Cole, quote from It Ain't Me, Babe


“Groaning too loud, I picked up speed, the heavy slapping sounds of our thighs driving me on. My nose tucked in her neck and her pussy tightened, fisting my dick so fuckin’ hard. Back arching, her tits pressed against my chest and a scream ripped from her throat as she came.”
― Tillie Cole, quote from It Ain't Me, Babe


“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 years ago and you still haven't given it back.”
― Tillie Cole, quote from It Ain't Me, Babe



“He never forgot about you, Mae. Growing up, I watched him sign to Ky about you all the time, his chick with the wolf eyes. The chick behind the fence, the chick he kissed. It was constant. His precious number three, whatever he meant.”
― Tillie Cole, quote from It Ain't Me, Babe


“I sighed in relief as my words began to come clearer. It was her- fuckin' number three. My goddamn miracle.”
― Tillie Cole, quote from It Ain't Me, Babe


“I have always been his. I will never see anyone else. I will always be his alone.”
― Tillie Cole, quote from It Ain't Me, Babe


“Fuck, girl. You got beer-flavored nipples or some shit? Why're Prez and Doc going nuts for your skinny pale ass?”
― Tillie Cole, quote from It Ain't Me, Babe


About the author

Tillie Cole
Born place: in Stockton-On-Tees, The United Kingdom
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