The Starlight Crystal Quotes

“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.”
― Christopher Pike, The Starlight Crystal

“How do I explain a life that has lasted for billions of years? It is almost as if I must start with an apology for being alive when everyone I once knew is dead.”
― Christopher Pike, The Starlight Crystal

“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, The Starlight Crystal

“My whole life had been an uninterrupted act of loving him.”
― Christopher Pike, The Starlight Crystal

“He was dead; I needed to let his memory go, too. That was the first step for me, before discrimination.

Yet my love was the ghost of a young girl's dream. It walked alone in the abyss, stubbornly, where only illusions prospered on tears and regrets. My love had a life of its own; it was perverted but nevertheless still vital. For that reason, I wanted to return to deep space. Honestly, I would have preferred it if we had traveled forever and never stopped at another star system. To fall into endless blackness, that was my new fantasy.

The young girl with the ancient dream wept. I could hear her; I even saw her tears on the glass of the observation deck. It made me feel old. I didn't want to know her name. I couldn't forget Tem but I needed to forget her.”
― Christopher Pike, The Starlight Crystal

“What you wish for, what you most hope for - that is your greatest illusion.”
― christopher pike, The Starlight Crystal