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“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

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

“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

“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

“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

“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

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

“When you were in love you knew no fear or hatred.”
― 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. When you were fearful, there was no possibility of love or hate. And when there was hate, there was only hate.”
― Christopher Pike, The Last Vampire

“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

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

“I turned to look into his face one last time. It was as if I could see the whole universe in his eyes. Maybe he was God, maybe he was simply enlightened. I didn't care right then, in that blessed moment, I just loved him. Later, though, the love was to turn to hate, to fear. They seemed so opposite, the feelings, yet they were all one note on his flute.”
― Christopher Pike, The Last Vampire

“I don't want to die!"
"Then you should never been born.”
― Christopher Pike, Black Blood

“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

“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

“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.”
― Christopher Pike, Phantom

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

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

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

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

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

“The late hour is such a friend; it has been for so many years. There is not a soul around as I carry Riley downstairs and dump him in my trunk. It is good, for I am not in the mood to kill again, and murder, for me, is very much tied to my mood, like making love. Even when it is necessary.”
― Christopher Pike, The Last Vampire

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

“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

“The desert surrounds your every step and you walk forever a thirsty man.”
― Christopher Pike, Creatures of Forever

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

“Enjoy your life. No curse hangs over you, nor did it ever. No devil chases after your soul. Sing and dance and be merry.”
― Christopher Pike, Sati

“They are all I have left—the stars and the memory of the many times I wished upon them. But with all those wishes, I asked for only one thing.

To see him again.

But I will not see him again. I do not see him now.”
― Christopher Pike, The Starlight Crystal