"A true spiritual teacher knows more than he or she necessarily verbalizes, using temperance and love to be guided to say what is appropriate..."

“I'd like to think that I don't have a stock character that I go to. I'm lucky in that when you get to initiate your own scene, you get to play whoever you want. That's really kind of cool, but all my characters are short. I look on the videotape, and I thought they were taller, but they're all 5'2".”

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

Source : Christopher Pike (2013). “Thirst: Thirst No. 1; Thirst No. 2; Thirst”, p.134, Simon and Schuster

“You have no choices about how you lose, but you do have a choice about how you come back and prepare to win again.”

“I'm often asked why there is such a great variation among sentences imposed by Texas judges. I can only quote the Texas judge who was asked why a killer sometimes doesn't even get indicted and a cattle thief can get ten years. The judge answered: "A lot of fellows ought to be shot, but we don't have any cows that need stealin".”

“I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day.”

“As daughters of God we are each unique and different in our circumstances and experiences. And yet our part matters—because we matter.”

“There is flattery in friendship.”

“Surgery is always second best. If you can so something else, it’s better. Surgery is limited. It is operating on someone who has no place else to go.”