Quote 25
"Oh, you get used to anything," I said, annoyed with myself, for actually I was proud of the place (3.11).
After Holly criticizes the narrator's apartment and he agrees with her in order to save face, he feels like he's betrayed his home since it's a place he actually loves a lot. This passage presents us with the interesting idea that betrayal can extend to an idea like "the home."
Quote 26
I warmed to the room at once, I liked its fly-by-night look (4.4).
The narrator finds the unlived-in quality of Holly's apartment very appealing. It's the lack of a homey feeling that he's actually drawn to.
Quote 27
That Monday in October, 1943. A beautiful day with the buoyancy of a bird. To start, we had Manhattans at Joe Bell's; and, when he heard of my good luck, champagne cocktails on the house. Later, we wandered toward Fifth Avenue, where there was a parade. The flags in the wind, the thump of military bands and military feet, seemed to have nothing to do with war, but to be, rather, a fanfare arranged in my personal honor (7.1).
OK, bear with us. After getting his first story published, the narrator feels like New York is rolling out its best for him. The city, and the people and sights that are a part of it, are at this moment his happy home.