Christopher Pike citations

“En fait, au XVème siècle, en Transylvanie, pendant la guerre contre les Ottomans, j'ai vraiment rencontré Vlad l'Empaleur, qui a inspiré le personnage mythique de Dracula, et qui n'a jamais eu les terribles canines que la légende lui attribue. Au contraire, une visite chez le dentiste lui aurait fait le plus grand bien : il avait les dents pourries, et une haleine des plus fétides. Et ce n'était pas un vampire, tout juste un catholique fanatique, doté d'un penchant fétichiste pour la décapitation, qui m'avait proposé une promenade dans sa calèche. J'ai le chic pour attirer les hommes qui sortent de l'ordinaire.”

“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.”

“There is no time for grief; there never is.”

“Death never comes at thetime, despite what mortals believe. Death always comes like a thief.”

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

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

“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.”

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

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

“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.”

“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.”

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

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

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

“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.”

“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.”

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

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

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

“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 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.”

“I am a vampire, and that is the truth.”

“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.”

“The truth is always simpler than you can imagine.”

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

“People with power always take advantage of those without power.”

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

“Persistence is the key to solving most mysteries.”

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