Alaska Young

“It was probably nothing but it felt like the world.”
― Morrissey, Autobiography

“I don't care what you do to me, but I don't want you to hurt me. I've had enough hurt already in my life. More than enough. Now I want to be happy.”
― Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood

“But why Alaska?' I asked her.

'Well, later, I found out what it means. It's from an Aleut word, Alyeska. It means 'that which the sea breaks against,' and I love that. But at the time, I just saw Alaska up there. And it was big, just like I wanted to be.”
― John Green, Looking for Alaska

“..because never in my life have I ever been picked when there was another alternative.”
― Jasmine Warga, My Heart and Other Black Holes