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so-called heroism archive/silicon-jest

[...] when he finally has the chance to cut down a Frenchman, he cannot do it, because the soldier's face is not that of an enemy but 'a most simple, homelike face'. He gets a medal and is even called a hero, but can only think: 'So that's all there is to so-called heroism?' [...]

—p.155 The Fun Stuff: And Other Essays Tolstoy's War and Peace (143) by James Wood
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there will be no buyer

[...] Moses, speaking on behalf of the Lord, threatens a hell in which the Israelites will not even be competent slaves:

[...] and you will put yourselves up for sale there to your enemies as male slaves and slavegirls, and there will be no buyer.

—p.141 Robert Alter and the King James Bible (128) by James Wood
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Abraham is utterly alone

[...] Abraham's gesture, of raising the eyes, though a formulaic one in biblical narrative, takes on here a great power of dread, as if Abraham can hardly bear to look upon the chosen site. Kierkegaard's inspired, appalled rewriting of this scene in Fear and Trembling emphasises its unspeakabilit…

—p.140 Robert Alter and the King James Bible (128) by James Wood
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and God knew

[...] The King James has: 'And God looked upon the children of Israel, and God had respect unto them.' Alter has: 'And God saw the Israelites, and God knew'. [...]

—p.134 Robert Alter and the King James Bible (128) by James Wood
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then it will be over topic/having-a-body

[...] He is now 'in a free state', but ends his tale like this: 'All that my freedom has brought me is the knowledge that I have a face and have a body, that I must feed this body and clothe this body for a certain number of years. Then it will be over.'

—p.118 Wounder and Wounded (115) by James Wood