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> [We're not gods, Julia. We're helpers. That's all. People have called us terrible things in the past. But that was only because they didn't understand us. That understanding is for the future, a time not long from now. You may…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-pike/we-re-not-gods-julia-we-re-helpers-that-s-all-people-have-called-us/)

[Christopher Pike](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-pike/)

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## More by Christopher Pike

> [“Most people would probably call me a ghost. I am, after all, dead. But I don't think of myself that way. It wasn't so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-pike/most-people-would-probably-call-me-a-ghost-i-am-after-all-dead-but-i/)

[Christopher Pike](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-pike/)

> [In that moment, there was no place for doubt. I was sitting with the supreme being. I had always sat beside her. She was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-pike/in-that-moment-there-was-no-place-for-doubt-i-was-sitting-with-the/)

[Christopher Pike](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-pike/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-pike/relationships-are-mysterious-we-doubt-the-positive-qualities-in/)

[Christopher Pike](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-pike/)

> [“Life is like that short visit on the road. Prayer is for those who wish to talk to God. Meditation is for those who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-pike/life-is-like-that-short-visit-on-the-road-prayer-is-for-those-who/)

[Christopher Pike](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-pike/)

> [No religion is perfect, not after man gets through with it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-pike/no-religion-is-perfect-not-after-man-gets-through-with-it/)

[Christopher Pike](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-pike/)

> [“Victim: I don't want to die! Sita: Then you should never have been born”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-pike/victim-i-don-t-want-to-die-sita-then-you-should-never-have-been-born/)

[Christopher Pike](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-pike/)

> [Enjoy your life. No curse hangs over you, nor did it ever. No devil chases after your soul. Sing and dance and be merry.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-pike/enjoy-your-life-no-curse-hangs-over-you-nor-did-it-ever-no-devil/)

[Christopher Pike](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-pike/)

> [“we were here to become like God. To live like his blessed son. We just needed a few pints of Christ's blood to do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-pike/we-were-here-to-become-like-god-to-live-like-his-blessed-son-we-just/)

[Christopher Pike](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-pike/)

> [What you wish for, what you most hope for - that is your greatest illusion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-pike/what-you-wish-for-what-you-most-hope-for-that-is-your-greatest/)

[Christopher Pike](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-pike/)

> [Sometimes, if I am not careful, and I stare too long at a flower, it shrivels and dies.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-pike/sometimes-if-i-am-not-careful-and-i-stare-too-long-at-a-flower-it/)

[Christopher Pike](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-pike/)

> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-pike/he-cries-please-i-don-t-want-to-die-i-lean-over-my-hair-smothers-him/)

[Christopher Pike](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-pike/)

> [“A person is limited by his conception of himself, nothing more. If you really knew who you were, you could stop the sun from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-pike/a-person-is-limited-by-his-conception-of-himself-nothing-more-if-you/)

[Christopher Pike](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-pike/)

> [I am a vampire. Blood does not bother me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-pike/i-am-a-vampire-blood-does-not-bother-me/)

[Christopher Pike](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-pike/)

> [Nothing is as it seems. Black can appear white when the light is blinding but white loses all luster at the faintest sign of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-pike/nothing-is-as-it-seems-black-can-appear-white-when-the-light-is/)

[Christopher Pike](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-pike/)

> [I would look up at the moon and see that it was not the smooth orb we had all believed, but a pitted and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-pike/i-would-look-up-at-the-moon-and-see-that-it-was-not-the-smooth-orb-we/)

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