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.