Top 88 Quotes & Sayings by Christopher Pike

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

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

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

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.

Persistence is the key to solving most mysteries.

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.

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.

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.

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

The truth is always simpler than you can imagine.

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

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!

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

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.

People with power always take advantage of those without power.

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

There is no time for grief; there never is.

The hourglass runs low.

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

God is God. His name doesn't matter.

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

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.

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

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

Love me...I am not evil.

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

?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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

The best art always comes unbidden.

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.

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.

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

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

Thank you, Yoda. Feel the force, Luke.