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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..
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Death never comes at the time, despite what mortals believe. Death always comes like a thief.
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Before I begin, may I ask how old you are?" "You may ask." "How old are you?" "It's none of your business"
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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.
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Darkness approaches from outside. I feel no light inside me strong enough to resist it.
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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."
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mortality
vampire
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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.
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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.
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love
monsters
vampires
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Christopher Pike |
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Truly it it not the tragedies that destroy us, but the memories of them.
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I don't want to die!" "Then you should never been born."
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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.
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hate
fear
love
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When you were in love you knew no fear or hatred.
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A true teacher would never tell you what to do. But he would give you the knowledge with which you could decide what would be best for you to do.
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knowledge-wisdom
teacher
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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.
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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.
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You will see that the things you desire most are the very things that bring you the greatest sorrow.
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True courage, in the face of almost certain death, is the rarest quality on earth.
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sita
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All ends are temporary and all life is born from death.
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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 ..
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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.
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reality
sita
disillusionment
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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.
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red-dice
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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.
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hate
love
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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.
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The most content people are those who expect nothing, who have ceased to dream.
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sita
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Christopher Pike |
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I am a vampire, and that is the truth.
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opening-lines
vampire
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Christopher Pike |
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The truth is always simpler than you can imagine.
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Christopher Pike |
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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.
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the-last-vampire
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People with power always take advantage of those without power.
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take-advantage
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Christopher Pike |
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I wanted you to thank you for being my friend and letting me play a part in your story.
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seymour
sita
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Christopher Pike |
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In this world of gossip, a good listener is rarer than a great orator.
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Christopher Pike |
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Persistence is the key to solving most mysteries.
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persistence
joel-drake
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Christopher Pike |
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It is a paradox. Life is that way. God designed it that way. I believe I met him once. He was full of mischief.
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Christopher Pike |
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That is the mysterious thing about tragedy- it often strikes at the happiest moment.
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Christopher Pike |
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Enjoy your life. No curse hangs over you, nor did it ever. No devil chases after your soul. Sing and dance and be merry.
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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.
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Christopher Pike |
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No religion is perfect, not after man gets through with it.
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religion
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Christopher Pike |
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But I wasn't a bad girl. I don't want to be forgotten. I want people to remember me.
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Christopher Pike |
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There is no time for grief; there never is.
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sita
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Christopher Pike |
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Love me...I am not evil.
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Christopher Pike |
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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.
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Christopher Pike |
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For feeling, not events, is to me the essence of history.
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history
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I am a vampire," I say softly. "And you have pissed me off."
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Christopher Pike |
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There comes a time for everybody when words and reasons can become such a great weariness.
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serenity
quietness
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Christopher Pike |
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One question always leads to another question. Some things are better to wonder about.
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