Black Blood Quotes

“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

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

“Yes. The opposite of love is not hate. It is indifference. That is why few people find God. They go to church and talk about him and that sort of thing. They may even go out and evangelize and try to win converts. But in their hearts, if they are honest with themselves, they are indifferent to him because they cannot see him. God is too abstract for people. God is a word without meaning. If Jesus came back today, nothing he said would make any sense to those who wait for him. They would be the first ones to kill him again.”
― Christopher Pike, Black Blood

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

“Persistence is the key to solving most mysteries.”
― Christopher Pike, Black Blood

“It is a paradox. Life is that way. God designed it that way. I believe I met him once. He was full of mischief.”
― Christopher Pike, Black Blood

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

“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

“How much modern civilization has lost, I think, when they lost the awareness of the billions of stars overhead.”
― Christopher Pike, Black Blood

“One question always leads to another question. Some things are better to wonder about.”
― Christopher Pike, Black Blood

“This problem - it is age old. To do what is right and save the day without destroying the very thing the day is lived for.”
― Christopher Pike, Black Blood

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

“Dive deep into the ocean, Sita, and you will find that the greatest treasures you find are the illusions you leave behind.”
― Christopher Pike, Black Blood

“You can never hate strongly unless you have loved strongly.”
― Christopher Pike, Black Blood

“I can only give you some hints. You have to place him in a situation where your advantages are magnified.”
― Christopher Pike, Black Blood

“Yet, ironically, it is her very wretchedness that makes me pity her so. I don't know what's wrong with me. I don't know what to do!”
― Christopher Pike, Black Blood

“There is not enough blood in her veins to keep her heart from skipping.”
― Christopher Pike, Black Blood

“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

“There is a bit of a fanatic in his eyes. He believes he is on a holy mission and has elected himself the main deity. That disturbs me even more. A prophet is more dangerous than a criminal. At least a criminal's needs are simple. A prophet requires constant stimulation. The false ones at least.”
― Christopher Pike, Black Blood