How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #4
She was thirty-seven or thirty-eight years of age […] and this meant she was looking for a husband. (1.108)
Ramona sounds like the perfect woman for Herzog. But he's afraid of getting involved with her because he knows that marriage is waiting in the background of every word she says to him. But it's hard for him to get into the mood when Ramona's goal is so obvious, even though he does like her.
Quote #5
Wanda rejected the suggestion of a divorce. She was perfectly satisfied with her marriage. She said it was all any marriage could be. (1.151)
After Madeleine throws him out, Herzog travels to Europe and has an affair with a married Polish woman named Wanda. Wanda can't stand her husband. But the moment Herzog suggests she leave the guy, she refuses. In her mind, having affairs is fine, but divorce isn't.
Quote #6
[We] were asked to suggest topics for new lecture courses and I said what about a series on marriage. I might as well have said "Currants" or "Gooseberries." (2.2).
When Herzog compares a course on marriage to a course on currants or gooseberries, he's putting marriage on the same level as boring, unimportant subjects. Either that, or he just thought about marriage at random.