“She's just playing a trick on us. This is just an Alaska Young Prank Extraordinaire. It's Alaska being Alaska, funny and playful and not knowing when or how to put on the brakes.”

“No," I said. And maybe it was only because Alaska couldn't hit the brakes and I couldn't hit the accelerator.”

“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.”

“Let's make a deal: You figure out what the labyrinth is and how to get out of it, and i'll get you laid. -Alaska Young”

“I would always love Alaska Young, my crooked neighbor, with all my crooked heart.”

“You can't just make yourself matter and then die, Alaska, because now I am irretrievably different..”

“Not to ask the obvious question, but why Alaska?”