Alisa Perne Quotes

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

“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

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

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

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

“There is no time for grief; there never is.”
― Christopher Pike, Red Dice

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

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

“I’m a coward, I close my eyes. I don’t understand why God made sight the only sense that can be blocked off.”
― Christopher Pike, The Sacred Veil

“But this I have lived five thousand years to learn. Power is as cold as forgotten ashes. Only my love can keep alive the memory of my daughter, the stories of Ray, Arturo, Yaksha, and most of all the grace of Krishna.”
― Christopher Pike, Creatures of Forever

“Alone in my room, I don’t feel alone. It’s as if I have two shadows instead of one, and this second shadow doesn’t conform to my movements. It follows me, it gives the impression it will never leave me, but it does what it wants. I worry that in time I will do what it wants.”
― Christopher Pike, The Shadow of Death

“Yet I have to wonder if I have lost the song because I have become the song. If I have lost my Lord because I do indeed desire to be what I will become. A lover who hates, a saint who sins, and an angel who kills.”
― Christopher Pike, Black Blood