135 Quotes by Christopher Pike

When I look at my life, there has been far more pain than joy.

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.

How much modern civilization has lost, I think, when they lost the awareness of the billions of stars overhead.

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

Dive deep into the ocean, Sita, and you will find that the greatest treasures you find are the illusions you leave behind.

One does not beg for a glass of water from the devil.

We're not gods, Julia. We're helpers. That's all. People have called us terrible things in the past. But that was only because they didn't understand us. That understanding is for the future, a time not long from now. You may live to see it. Then perhaps you can work openly, but for now, keep your gifts to yourself. Never flaunt your abilities. Never think you hold the power of life and death. Only God has that power. When it's a person's time, nothing can save them.

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

Most people would probably call me a ghost. I am, after all, dead. But I don’t think of myself that way. It wasn’t so long ago that I was alive, you see. I was only eighteen. I had my whole life in front of me. Now I suppose you could say I have all of eternity before me. I’m not sure exactly what that means yet. I’m told everything’s going to be fine. But I have to wonder what I would have done with my life, who I might have been. That’s what saddens me most about dying – that I’ll never know.