Looking for Alaska (2)

As I get deeper into the story, I start to love it more and more. Green does a great job of creating "suspense" and twists throughout the story, that in turn reveal a lot about each of the characters. For example, when Alaska was a young child, she saw her mother die right in front of her eyes, which says a lot about her character and how she isn't like a normal girl her age, and how she somewhat lives on the edge. Green makes Miles' time at his new boarding school not at all what he thought his "Great Perhaps" would be, with the "Weekday Warriors" who always bully him and his bad experience  with girls (Lara), but, slowly, Miles starts to fall in love with Alaska, and I think that that will be his Great Perhaps. Although, the new school and his new friends are changing him and how he lives, I think the root of his feelings and habits won't go away and he will fight for the greatness he wants, especially since Alaska already has a boyfriend.
This quote says a lot about the book and Miles as a character, how he thinks and how he feels towards Alaska.