Christopher Pike Quotes & Sayings

They have forgotten much of what they once knew. They have even lost the secret of their origin. But I will give it to you, and this will give you a powerful advantage over them. Do you know the legend of the Hydra? — Christopher Pike

It's like a haunted house we can't leave,' Neil said.
A haunted house we're afraid to leave, Tony thought. — Christopher Pike

The dead might bleed, but they never cry. — Christopher Pike

People with power always take advantage of those without power. — Christopher Pike

In the heart are three emotions - I felt them then: love, fear, and hatred. I could see that an individual could only have one of the three at a time. — Christopher Pike

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. — Christopher Pike

Sharon dropped to her knees and reached her hand over the edge. The gesture was supposed to be a sign of support. But she realized then that it was useless. His insanity was like the stream beneath the ground. It only flowed in one direction, into deeper and deeper darkness. She was going to lose him. — Christopher Pike

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. — Christopher Pike

Money may not buy happiness, but it allows you to shop in better places for it. — Christopher Pike

I am a vampire. Blood does not bother me. — Christopher Pike

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

But if you wish, you can imagine that the Shadow does wait for your return and that it does remember everything that has gone before and that it doesn't let you accept yourself as perfect until you let it. There is truth in that. That is why a child usually cries as soon as it's born. With its first breath, the Shadow returns. — Christopher Pike

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

Having lived so long, I can't tell the difference between the two political parties. They both sound like broken records that started skipping after the founding fathers died. Now there were some real men! — Christopher Pike

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

I'd seen him around town for a year or so before he made a move on me. I'd heard good and bad things about him. One friend said he was just out for sex. Another said he was a romantic at heart. What the hell, I thought. I needed sex and romance in my life. Sometimes I believe I would have taken one without the other. — Christopher Pike

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. — Christopher Pike

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

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. — Christopher Pike

Pretty girls always hate other pretty girls. — Christopher Pike

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

A person is limited by his conception of himself, nothing more. If you really knew who you were, you could stop the sun from rising tomorrow. — Christopher Pike

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

He had smoked dope exactly twice, but stopped when he realized it was called dope for a reason. — Christopher Pike

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. — Christopher Pike

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

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

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

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. — Christopher Pike

As much as you long for it, it longs for you more. Take one step toward the Big Person and it will take a hundred steps toward you. — Christopher Pike

I sit alone in a dead world. The wind blows hot and dry, and the dust gathers like particles of memory waiting to be swept away. I pray for forgetfulness, yet my memory remains strong, as does the outstretched arm of the oppressive air. It seems as if the wind has been there since the beginning of the nightmare. Sometimes loud and harsh, a thousand sharp needles scratching at my reddened skin. Sometimes a whisper, a curious sigh in the black of night, of words more frightening than pain. I know now the wind has been speaking to me. Only I couldn't understand because I was too scared. I am scared now as I write these words. Still, there is nothing else to do. — Christopher Pike

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

He shrugs as he slowly collects himself. I guess there was a part of me that kept hoping you would rise from the dead. Like a normal vampire. — Christopher Pike

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

There's only one sun," Alison said with feeling. "It's always the same, but it's always the best. Do you know what I mean? — Christopher Pike

John: 'Have mercy. I don't want to die!'
Sita: 'Then you should never have been born. — Christopher Pike

Sita. He loved you and you loved him. You can't measure that love by how many days you spent together. — Christopher Pike

The hourglass runs low ... — Christopher Pike

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. — Christopher Pike

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. — Christopher Pike

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. — Christopher Pike

You think sex is dirty. You have a dirty mind. — Christopher Pike

Then you should have never been born — Christopher Pike

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. — Christopher Pike

But centuries of time have not made me insensitive — Christopher Pike

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. — Christopher Pike

The best art always comes unbidden. — Christopher Pike

The truth is always simpler than you can imagine. — Christopher Pike

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

When you are in love you know no fear or hatred. when you are fearful there is no possibility of love or hatred. And when there is hate, there is only hate. — Christopher Pike

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

Life is like that short visit on the road. Prayer is for those who wish to talk to God. Meditation is for those who only want to listen to him. — Christopher Pike

-I do not want to die
- Then you should not have been born (Sita)
Last Vampire — Christopher Pike

Daydreaming had spun in her head a book-length "soon-to-be" affair with Percy. He would call her when she returned home, ask her out, pick her up in a Porsche, take her to an expensive restaurant and order lobster, then to the theater, kissing her passionately in his leather upholstered seats afterwards, promising that he would see her the following day, and the day after that. She was still working on the castle-in-the-sky and the happily-ever-after chapters. It was incredible the material an innocent, half-hour conversation could generate. — Christopher Pike

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. — Christopher Pike

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

I dont want to die"
"Then you shouldnt have been born — Christopher Pike

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

When I look at my life, there has been far more pain than joy. — Christopher Pike

You're in love with your image of Linda. Mr. Green is in love with his image of Jesus. Both of your images have little to do with reality. Both of you are making yourselves miserable.'
'That's not fair, comparing me to him. You don't see me hammering nails in people.'
'You prefer to hammer them through your own hands. — Christopher Pike

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

All those who are Born Die
And all those who Die are Reborn — Christopher Pike

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

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

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

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. — Christopher Pike

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. — Christopher Pike

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. — Christopher Pike

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. — Christopher Pike

Don't be afraid, be terrified — Christopher Pike

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! — Christopher Pike

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. — Christopher Pike

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

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. — Christopher Pike

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. — Christopher Pike

And there they were being so responsible, practicing safe sex and all. She'd been a fool to believe all that hype, she thought. The only hundred percent safe sex was between Barbie and Ken, and she'd heard rumors that they weren't doing it anymore. — Christopher Pike

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. — Christopher Pike

We were here to become like God. To live like his blessed son. We just needed a few pints of Christ's blood to do so. — Christopher Pike

The opposite of love is not hate. It is indifference. — Christopher Pike

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

Thank you, Yoda. Feel the force, Luke. — Christopher Pike

Suddenly I felt the weight of shattered dreams. — Christopher Pike

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

If I become like you, I will have no will of my own. I will have no individuality, I will just be your puppet.'
'True.' Sio smiled thinly. 'But even a puppet may dance before its strings are drawn tight. You will dance, Cass, and the heavens will applaud you. — Christopher Pike

Time cannot destroy it. I am that love - time cannot touch me. Time but changes the form. Somewhere in some time it will return. When you least expect it, the face of a loved one reappears. Look beyond that face and you will see me. — Christopher Pike

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

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

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. — Christopher Pike

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

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

Most people would probably call me a ghost. I am, after all, dead. But I don't think of myself that way. It wasn't so long ago that I was alive, you see. I was only eighteen. I had my whole life in front of me. Now I suppose you could say I have all of eternity before me. I'm not sure exactly what that means yet. I'm told everything's going to be fine. But I have to wonder what I would have done with my life, who I might have been. That's what saddens me most about dying--that I'll never know. — Christopher Pike

Some look like us, most look very different. No two worlds are exactly alike. But every world, no matter how alien or strange, is part of a vast mosaic that floats on an ocean of love. Here I'm only talking about the physical worlds. There are dimensions beyond those you can see with your eyes. There are the realms of the gods, the lands of the demons, the vast kingdoms of the angels. All these places are spoken about in ancient scriptures but somehow people have forgotten that they're true. — Christopher Pike

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

He was dead; I needed to let his memory go, too. That was the first step for me, before discrimination.
Yet my love was the ghost of a young girl's dream. It walked alone in the abyss, stubbornly, where only illusions prospered on tears and regrets. My love had a life of its own; it was perverted but nevertheless still vital. For that reason, I wanted to return to deep space. Honestly, I would have preferred it if we had traveled forever and never stopped at another star system. To fall into endless blackness, that was my new fantasy.
The young girl with the ancient dream wept. I could hear her; I even saw her tears on the glass of the observation deck. It made me feel old. I didn't want to know her name. I couldn't forget Tem but I needed to forget her. — Christopher Pike

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

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

Need is a close kin of love — Christopher Pike

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

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

The devil does not exist. I do not believe he exists. Nor do I believe the old saying that the devil's greatest accomplishment was to convince the majority of mankind that he does not exist. For me Satan and a literal hell are fables born of Christianity's desire to control humanity by increasing its fear of death. After all, I'm five thousands years old and I've never met Satan. — Christopher Pike