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“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, The Eternal Dawn

“Truly it it not the tragedies that destroy us, but the memories of them.”
― Christopher Pike, Evil Thirst

“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, Red Dice

“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.”
― Christopher Pike, Remember Me

“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, The Last Vampire

“Death never comes at the right time, despite what mortals believe. Death always comes like a thief.”
― Christopher Pike, The Last Vampire

“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, The Last Vampire

“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, Black Blood

“Sleep is not on good terms with broken hearts. It will have nothing to do with them.”
― 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, The Last Vampire

“Darkness approaches from outside.
I feel no light inside me strong enough to resist it.”
― Christopher Pike, The Last Vampire

“When you were in love you knew no fear or hatred.”
― Christopher Pike, The Last Vampire

“The opposite of love is not hate. It is indifference.”
― Wilhelm Stekel, The Beloved Ego: Foundations of the New Study of the Psyche

“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.”
― Christopher Pike, Evil Thirst

“True courage, in the face of almost certain death, is the rarest quality on earth.”
― Christopher Pike, Black Blood

“All ends are temporary and all life is born from death.”
― Christopher Pike, Evil Thirst

“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, The Last Vampire

“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.”
― Christopher Pike, Black Blood

“You will see that the things you desire most are the very things that bring you the greatest sorrow.”
― Christopher Pike, Phantom

“The most content people are those who expect nothing, who have ceased to dream.”
― Christopher Pike, Red Dice

“The truth is always simpler than you can imagine.”
― Christopher Pike, Red Dice

“I am a vampire, and that is the truth.”
― Christopher Pike, The Last Vampire

“I wanted you to thank you for being my friend and letting me play a part in your story.”
― Christopher Pike, The Last Vampire

“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, The Last Vampire

“‎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.”
― Christopher Pike, Evil Thirst

“That is the mysterious thing about tragedy- it often strikes at the happiest moment.”
― Christopher Pike, Red Dice

“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, Black Blood

“People with power always take advantage of those without power.”
― Christopher Pike, The Last Vampire

“Love me...I am not evil.”
― Christopher Pike, The Season of Passage

“In this world of gossip, a good listener is rarer than a great orator.”
― Christopher Pike, Black Blood