Quotes from Christopher Pike

But centuries of time have not made me insensitive

There's only one sun, Alison said with feeling. It's always the same, but it's always the best. Do you know what I mean?

Need is a close kin of love

Mother Florence had once told her that jealousy was the worst of all faults because it prevented a person from being who they were born to be.

Victim: I don't want to die! Sita: Then you should never have been born

He shrugs as he slowly collects himself. "I guess there was a part of me that kept hoping you would rise from the dead. Like a normal vampire.

But if you wish, you can imagine that the Shadow does wait for your return and that it does remember everything that has gone before and that it doesn't let you accept yourself as perfect until you let it. There is truth in that. That is why a child usually cries as soon as it's born. With its first breath, the Shadow returns.

I am not dead. Death does not exist. I am alive! That is the purpose of this tale, to let everyone know that they do go on and that they don't need to be afraid, as I was afraid. Yet I also have a selfish reason for wanting my story told. I was young when I died. I didn't have a chance to make my mark in the world. I didn't do anything unique, nothing that will change the course of history. But I wasn't a bad girl. I don't want to be forgotten. I want people to remember me.

Krishna means love, she said. But Radha means longing. Longing is older than love. I am older than he. Did you know that, Sita?

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.

You are not learning to do it. You're unlearning the belief that you can't do it. Try again, without trying.

we were here to become like God. To live like his blessed son. We just needed a few pints of Christ's blood to do so.

It's because you weren't in love, Mary said. 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.

Time cannot destroy it. I am that love - time cannot touch me. Time but changes the form. Somewhere in some time it will return. When you least expect it, the face of a loved one reappears. Look beyond that face and you will see me.

Having lived so long, I can't tell the difference between the two political parties. They both sound like broken records that started skipping after the founding fathers died. Now there were some real men!

But Krishna is flexible when it comes to who a person worships," I say. "He said that whatever god a man or woman worships with love, it is the same as worshipping him. I think that line is one of the keys to the Gita. The worship is for the sake of the devotee, not for the sake of the god.

Happiness can make us feel big and sure of ourselves, but only pain gives us depth.

A person is limited by his conception of himself, nothing more. If you really knew who you were, you could stop the sun from rising tomorrow.

Watch hugged her back and spoke in her ear. 'I'll tell you a secret,' he said. 'I'm never sad around you guys.

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.

Why do we live in Spooksville? It's not just because our families live here. It's because this is a place of adventure. The unknown surrounds us every time we leave our homes. I know what I'm doing is dangerous. All great adventures are.

He had smoked dope exactly twice, but stopped when he realized it was called dope for a reason.

Sharon dropped to her knees and reached her hand over the edge. The gesture was supposed to be a sign of support. But she realized then that it was useless. His insanity was like the stream beneath the ground. It only flowed in one direction, into deeper and deeper darkness. She was going to lose him.

All those who are Born Die And all those who Die are Reborn