How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #1
"I figured that of all the forms of bulls***-nostalgia available this was the one least likely to be without unsettling surprises" (3.9)
Zuckerman goes to the high school reunion hoping for a blast from the past that will hopefully give him an idea for a new book. He doesn't come right out and say this, but we can read between the lines.
Quote #2
"You should have seen your face—you might well have told us he was Zeus. I saw just what you looked like as a boy." (1.35)
Zuckerman's friend makes this comment after they run into the Swede in 1985. This provides some verification that Zuckerman isn't just making up his idolization of the Swede.