Re: Paul's quoting of Psalm 44 in Rom 8:36 --
we are being killed all day long
DFW: “The feeling similar to the experience of being the guest in a home of a person who does things like sneak in and make your guest bed up for you while you’re in the shower, and fold your dirty clothes and even launder them without being asked to, or who empties your ash tray after each cigarette you smoke, etc… For a while, with a host like this, it seems great, and you feel cared about, prized, and affirmed and worthwhile, but then after awhile you begin to intuit that the host isn’t acting out of regard or affection for you, so much as simply going around, obeying the imperatives of some personal neurosis, having to do with domestic cleanliness and order, which means that, since the ultimate point and object of the cleaning isn’t you, but rather order, and since you’re pretty obviously a source of disorder, it’s going to be a relief for her when you leave, meaning that her incredible pampering of you is evidence that she does not want you around.”
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