Quote

I'm tired of being responsible for 203 lives, and I'm tired of deciding which mission is too risky and which isn't, and who's going on the landing party and who doesn't... and who lives, and who dies.

Christopher Pike

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Christopher Pike
Lives
Deciding
Doesn
Landing
Going
Mission
Missions
Tired
Responsible
Dies
Party
Risky

More quotes by Christopher Pike

Image
My whole life had been an uninterrupted act of loving him.
Christopher Pike
Image
The desert surrounds your every step and you walk forever a thirsty man.
Christopher Pike
Image
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
Image
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.
Christopher Pike
Image
There is not enough blood in her veins to keep her heart from skipping.
Christopher Pike
Image
When you point your finger at someone, anyone, it is often a moment of judgement. We point our fingers when we want to scold someone, point out what they have done wrong. But each time we point, we simultaneously point three fingers back at ourselves.
Christopher Pike
Image
I am a vampire. Blood does not bother me.
Christopher Pike
Image
I would look up at the moon and see that it was not the smooth orb we had all believed, but a pitted and scarred world with no air.
Christopher Pike
Image
Dive deep into the ocean, Sita, and you will find that the greatest treasures you find are the illusions you leave behind.
Christopher Pike
Image
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
Image
What you wish for, what you most hope for - that is your greatest illusion.
Christopher Pike
Image
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
Image
The truth is always simpler than you can imagine.
Christopher Pike
Image
They are so busy, Julia, trying to help the world that they've forgotten how to help themselves. They've forgotten how to be happy, and it is a happy man or woman who helps the world most.
Christopher Pike
Image
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
Image
True courage, in the face of almost certain death, is the rarest quality on earth.
Christopher Pike
Image
I'm Paige, I whispered. He was serious, for once. Are you the first page, or the last? I didn't answer, not right then.
Christopher Pike
Image
It's ironic, isn't it? Our goal was great. Our path was dark.
Christopher Pike
Image
God is God. His name doesn't matter.
Christopher Pike
Image
Truly, a life in constant pain is the life of the damned.
Christopher Pike