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.”

“‎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.”

“You can never hate strongly unless you have loved strongly.”

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

“The best art always comes unbidden.”

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

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

“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.”

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

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

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

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

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

“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.”

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

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

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

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

“People with power always take advantage of those without power.”

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

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“Quant au sang, ah, le sang, le sujet entier me fascine. En plus, j'aime ça, quand ça coule tout chaud et que je suis assoiffée. Et je le suis souvent.”

“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.”

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

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

“I am a vampire, and that is the truth.”

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

“Persistence is the key to solving most mysteries.”

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

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

“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.”

“The truth is always simpler than you can imagine.”

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

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

“There is no time for grief; there never is.”

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

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

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

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

“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.”

“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.”

“Love me...I am not evil.”