Christopher Pike Quotes

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

The hourglass runs low.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

Persistence is the key to solving most mysteries.

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

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

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

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.

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

The truth is always simpler than you can imagine.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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 best art always comes unbidden.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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