Christopher Pike quotes:

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

The best art always comes unbidden.

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.

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

The hourglass runs low...

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

The opposite of love is not hate. It is indifference.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

Persistence is the key to solving most mysteries.

The truth is always simpler than you can imagine.

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.

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.

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.

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

Iâ??m a coward, I close my eyes. I donâ??t understand why God made sight the only sense that can be blocked off.

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.

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

You can never hate strongly unless you have loved strongly.

Thank you, Yoda. Feel the force, Luke.

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

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.

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

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

I am a vampire. Blood does not bother me.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

People with power always take advantage of those without power.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

Love me...I am not evil.

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!

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

God is God. His name doesn't matter.

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

I am a vampire, and that is the truth.

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.

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.

Donâ??t be afraid, be terrified