Herzog

A girl, in Zelda's view, had a right to expect from her husband nightly erotic gratification, safety, money, insurance, furs, jewelry, cleaning women, drapes, dresses, hats, night clubs, country clubs, automobiles, theater!

You have to fight for your life. That's the chief condition on which you hold it.

He had more enemies and hatreds than anyone could easily guess from his thoughtful expression.

He might have to pay with his freedom. Of course he didn't need that freedom now; he needed a rest. Still, after resting, he might want his freedom again.

Looking for happiness - ought to be prepared for bad results.

Beauty is not a human invention.

A person of irregular tendencies, he practiced the art of circling among random facts to swoop down on the essentials. He often expected to take the essentials by surprise, by an amusing stratagem.

Unless you are utterly exploded, there is always something to be grateful for.

His ambitions received a sharp check. Hegel was giving him a great deal of trouble. Ten years earlier he had been certain he understood his ideas on consensus and civility, but something had gone wrong.

"If I am out of my mind, it's all right with me, thought Moses Herzog."