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Those who make their living flirting with catastrophe develop a faculty of pessimistic imagination, of anticipating the worst, that is often all but indistinguishable from clairvoyance.
“People notice only what you tell them to notice,” he said. “And then only if you remind them.”
Josef studied it, feeling as he sailed toward freedom as if he weighed nothing at all, as if every precious burden had been lifted from him.
Then, in June 1938, Superman appeared.
It made him impatient to be consoled, as if words of comfort lent greater credence to his fears.
