How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #4
He could image that—Ramona laughing, talking, her shoulders bare in one of her peasant blouses (they were marvelous, feminine shoulders, he had to admit that), her hair in black curls, her face, her mouth painted. (1.140)
Herzog doesn't mind picturing himself at a party with Ramona as his date. After all, he finds her totally beautiful. What bugs him, though, is that Ramona is pursuing him when he (as a dude) thinks he should be the pursuer.
Quote #5
Those eyes might be blue, perhaps green, even gray—he would never know. But they were b**** eyes, that was certain. They expressed a female arrogance which had an immediate sexual power over him. (2.25)
When Herzog looks across a train platform and sees a beautiful woman, his gut instincts tell him that this woman is a "b****" because she has "b**** eyes." Talk about a metaphor for Herzog's poor judgment. The truth is that Herzog can't even see what the woman's eyes look like. He just forms an opinion about the woman's entire character without ever saying a word to her.
Quote #6
Grief greatly damaged—it positively wounded—Herzog's handsome face. Anyone he had ever injured by his conceit might now feel revenged to see how ravaged he looked. (2.229)
Herzog feels as though his lousy experiences in the past few years have ruined his appearance. Worse yet, he can picture all of his enemies rejoicing in the fact that he's become old and ugly.