Interesting Quotes from Water for Elephants!

Okay, so I need some interesting/important quotes in my blog, so here are the ones that I found:

"'You were with the Benzini Brothers? What years?'...'You were there for the stampede?' 'Sure was!' I exclaim...'That's probably the most famous circus disaster of all time.'"

I thought that this quote was interesting because a chapter back, the stampede was described. I felt like I was at the disaster, and I was a part of history [cheesy, I know] It was a very interesting twist, and I really enjoyed it.

"I reach for the napkin, and as I do I catch sight of my hands. They are knobby and crooked, think-skinned, and - like my ruined face - covered with liver spots. My face. I push the porridge aside and open my vanity mirror. I should know better by now, but somehow I still expect to see myself. Instead, I find an Appalachian apple doll, withered and spotty, with dewlaps and bags and long floppy ears. A few strands of white hair spring absurdly from its spotted skull."

This quote is one of many depressing ones said by Jacob in the nursing home. It really shows the fact that he is not comfortable with getting older, and being cooped up in his building really depresses him. He is used to the circus life, being surrounded by people and activity, and now he has to sit in his wheelchair and eat - according to him - disgusting hospital food. Another part in the book that really shows the magnitude to which he misses the 'outside world' is when one of the nurses gives him and apple, and he cries when he tastes it because it has been so long since he has had real food.

Sundays SUCK

Especially this Sunday because its the last day of break, and I have this ridiculous Top Ten list that I have to write for English. poop. The only thing I have to look forward to tonight is the Amazing Race, and that's at 7 pm. I have 3 hours and 15 minutes to worry about school and finals and top ten lists and play practice. Ahh this sucks.

So anyways, I finished Fanboy and Gothgirl a few days ago, and it was overall a good book...I was pleasantly surprised. I was also unexpectedly pleased with the ending. I was predicting that the book would finish with everybody unhappy, but it turns out that only Kyra/Gothgirl turns out bad. To sum up the main points, Cal and Fanboy end their feud and become friends again, and Fanboy finally accepts that his mom is pregnant and he is going to have a little sister. At last, he starts to accept his situation at home. The step-fascist is now Tony, and his mom is no longer the nagging, hormonal tyrant.

I would recommend this book if you have spare time and want a reasonably easy read. This book is enjoyable, but its not the best I've ever read.