You see how fake it all is. It's not even hard enough to be made out of plastic. It's a paper town.
John GreenBut 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