Christopher Pike Quotes

The truth is always simpler than you can imagine.

The late hour is such a friend; it has been for so many years. There is not a soul around as I carry Riley downstairs and dump him in my trunk. It is good, for I am not in the mood to kill again, and murder, for me, is very much tied to my mood, like making love. Even when it is necessary.

It doesn't matter. You are what you are. I am what I am. We are the same-when you take the time to remember me.

In that moment, there was no place for doubt. I was sitting with the supreme being. I had always sat beside her. She was inside of me.

They are so busy, Julia, trying to help the world that they've forgotten how to help themselves. They've forgotten how to be happy, and it is a happy man or woman who helps the world most.

Why am I talking about all this? Who am I talking to? I send out these words, these thoughts, simply because it is time. Time for what, I do not know and it does not matter because it is what I want and that is always reason enough for me.

One does not beg for a glass of water from the devil.

Love me...I am not evil.

As to blood—ah, blood, the whole subject fascinates me. I do like that as well, warm and dripping, when I am thirsty. And I am often thirsty.

The most content people are those who expect nothing, who have ceased to dream.

But I wasn't a bad girl. I don't want to be forgotten. I want people to remember me.

Are you asking if I ever spied on you while you were taking a shower?

The hourglass runs low.

Thank you, Yoda. Feel the force, Luke.

That is the mysterious thing about tragedy- it often strikes at the happiest moment.

Power, wealth and immortality--they don't bring happiness. You will never know what the word means.

I wanted you to thank you for being my friend and letting me play a part in your story.

They are all I have left—the stars and the memory of the many times I wished upon them. But with all those wishes, I asked for only one thing. To see him again. But I will not see him again. I do not see him now.

Don't simply knock and wait for the door to be opened. Go look for the keys. Some fit the lock better than others.

I turned to look into his face one last time. It was as if I could see the whole universe in his eyes. Maybe he was God, maybe he was simply enlightened. I didn't care right then, in that blessed moment, I just loved him. Later, though, the love was to turn to hate, to fear. They seemed so opposite, the feelings, yet they were all one note on his flute.

Mortals have always exaggerated the difference between hate and love. Both come from the heart. You can never hate strongly unless you have loved strongly.

How do I explain a life that has lasted for billions of years? It is almost as if I must start with an apology for being alive when everyone I once knew is dead.

You search endlessly for permanent happiness in a world where nothing is permanent.

Death never comes at the right time, despite what mortals believe. Death always comes like a thief.

The seconds tick. They always do. The power of an entire sun cannot stop them even for a moment, and so death comes between the moments, like a thief of light in the dark.

Slow down. The party won't start until I get there - Jo, Remember me. Page 43.

Truly it it not the tragedies that destroy us, but the memories of them.

I am a vampire, and that is the truth.

Dive deep into the ocean, Sita, and you will find that the greatest treasures you find are the illusions you leave behind.

Relationships are mysterious. We doubt the positive qualities in others, seldom the negative. You will say to your partner: do you really love me? Are you sure you love me? You will ask this a dozen times and drive the person nuts. But you never ask: are you really mad at me? Are you sure you’re angry? When someone is angry, you don’t doubt it for a moment. Yet the reverse should be true. We should doubt the negative in life, and have faith in the positive.

The physics are simple in theory, but in practice they are filled with the possibility for limitless error.

He cries. 'Please! I don't want to die.' I lean over. My hair smothers him. 'Then you should never have been born,' I say.

There is not enough blood in her veins to keep her heart from skipping.

People with power always take advantage of those without power.

We're not gods, Julia. We're helpers. That's all. People have called us terrible things in the past. But that was only because they didn't understand us. That understanding is for the future, a time not long from now. You may live to see it. Then perhaps you can work openly, but for now, keep your gifts to yourself. Never flaunt your abilities. Never think you hold the power of life and death. Only God has that power. When it's a person's time, nothing can save them.

There is no time for grief; there never is.

How much modern civilization has lost, I think, when they lost the awareness of the billions of stars overhead.

People are responsible for their actions, but not the fruits of their actions. Always do what you think is right, but don't worry if good does not always come from what you do.

Truly, a life in constant pain is the life of the damned.

Some loves have to be given up, others have to be forgotten. Strange as it may sound, if you think of me as a monster, but I can love most passionately. I do not think of myself as evil.