Christopher Pike Quotes

Darkness approaches from outside. I feel no light inside me strong enough to resist it.

I'm tired of being responsible for 203 lives, and I'm tired of deciding which mission is too risky and which isn't, and who's going on the landing party and who doesn't... and who lives, and who dies.

My whole life had been an uninterrupted act of loving him.

There would be a trial and there would be a judge. The only problem was, there could only be one sentence.

When you were in love you knew no fear or hatred.

You will see that the things you desire most are the very things that bring you the greatest sorrow.

What you wish for, what you most hope for - that is your greatest illusion.

Yet, ironically, it is her very wretchedness that makes me pity her so. I don't know what's wrong with me. I don't know what to do!

You can never hate strongly unless you have loved strongly.

No one awakens in the morning thinking they will die that day. Not a saint or a sinner. Not even a condemned killer. We all know were mortal, and yet we all believe we'll live forever.

Sometimes, if I am not careful, and I stare too long at a flower, it shrivels and dies.

When you do something because you're angry, you almost always do the wrong thing.

When you were in love, you knew no fear or hatred. When you were fearful, there was no possibility of love or hate. And when there was hate, there was only hate.

The best art always comes unbidden.

Yes. The opposite of love is not hate. It is indifference. That is why few people find God. They go to church and talk about him and that sort of thing. They may even go out and evangelize and try to win converts. But in their hearts, if they are honest with themselves, they are indifferent to him because they cannot see him. God is too abstract for people. God is a word without meaning. If Jesus came back today, nothing he said would make any sense to those who wait for him. They would be the first ones to kill him again.

Nothing is as it seems. Black can appear white when the light is blinding but white loses all luster at the faintest sign of darkness.

We all die. It's just a question of when and how horrible it's going to be.

Sleep is not on good terms with broken hearts. It will have nothing to do with them.

In this world of gossip, a good listener is rarer than a great orator.

I went to work at the library. I know that sounds crazy but I didn't know where else to go. Besides, at the library I was constantly surrounded by people. And I loved my job, surrounded by so many books, so many lives, so much of the past.

I’m a coward, I close my eyes. I don’t understand why God made sight the only sense that can be blocked off.

You think sex is dirty. You have a dirty mind.

No religion is perfect, not after man gets through with it.

For feeling, not events, is to me the essence of history.

God is God. His name doesn't matter.

I am a vampire. Blood does not bother me.

Enjoy your life. No curse hangs over you, nor did it ever. No devil chases after your soul. Sing and dance and be merry.

I would look up at the moon and see that it was not the smooth orb we had all believed, but a pitted and scarred world with no air.

Most of all I grieve for my soul because even though I do, finally, believe there is a God, and that I have met him, I do not know if he has given me an immortal soul, but only one that was to last me as long as my body lasted. I do not know if when the last page of my book is closed, that will be the end of me.

All ends are temporary and all life is born from death.

When you're in love it's beautiful. When you're not it's just dirty filthy sex. Loveless sex has no true spiritual meaning deep inside your soul. But love makes everything totally cool. Love is God's special gift to horny teenage girls and boys. It makes them feel less guilty.

True courage, in the face of almost certain death, is the rarest quality on earth.

Persistence is the key to solving most mysteries.

Krishna was once asked what was the most miraculous thing in all creation, and he replied, "That a man should wake each morning and believe deep in his heart that he will live forever, even though he knows that he is doomed.

Before I begin, may I ask how old you are?" "You may ask." "How old are you?" "It's none of your business

‎When you point your finger at someone, anyone, it is often a moment of judgement. We point our fingers when we want to scold someone, point out what they have done wrong. But each time we point, we simultaneously point three fingers back at ourselves.

I'm Paige," I whispered. He was serious, for once. "Are you the first page, or the last?" I didn't answer, not right then.

I don't want to die!" "Then you should never been born.

The desert surrounds your every step and you walk forever a thirsty man.

Don’t be afraid, be terrified

It is a paradox. Life is that way. God designed it that way. I believe I met him once. He was full of mischief.

One question always leads to another question. Some things are better to wonder about.

It's ironic, isn't it? Our goal was great. Our path was dark.

This problem - it is age old. To do what is right and save the day without destroying the very thing the day is lived for.

I am a vampire," I say softly. "And you have pissed me off.

There comes a time for everybody when words and reasons can become such a great weariness.

A true teacher would never tell you what to do. But he would give you the knowledge with which you could decide what would be best for you to do.

I can only give you some hints. You have to place him in a situation where your advantages are magnified.