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Quote #4
She was talking not about Leo Finkle, but of a total stranger, some mystical figure, perhaps even passionate prophet that Salzman had dreamed up for her—no relation to the living or dead. (110)
Leo resents people's assumptions about him. His dates seem to think he has a connection to God that he doesn't, which is probably because Salzman is an over-eager salesman and told them that Leo loved God. This makes Leo angry with Salzman… and also probably angry with himself. After all, he's studying to be a rabbi. He should love God.
Quote #5
"I think," he said in a strained manner, "that I came to God not because I love Him, but because I did not." (111)
Somebody call the army, because Leo is dropping truth bomb. This might be the definitive moment in the whole story: the moment he realizes that he doesn't love God at all. That kind of makes his rabbinical studies problematic, doesn't it? Luckily, he gets a possible way out eventually with Stella, but between now and then, there's a lot more hand-wringing going on.
Quote #6
Her probing questions had somehow irritated him into revealing—to himself more than her—the true nature of his relationship to God, and from that it had come upon him, with shocking force, that apart from his parents, he had never loved anyone. (114)
Half of Leo's big theological epiphany takes place here: he doesn't love anyone besides his parents. And that apparently includes God. It's a good spot to reinforce this story's statement that God is in everyone, and therefore the way we treat each other is the way we treat God. That's the first half of the equation.