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When we imagine ourselves to be in a state of mind, no matter what, we are in that state of mind, and thus in that state of illness which we imagine ourselves to be in, in every state that we imagine ourselves in.
When we imagine ourselves to be in a state of mind, no matter what, we are in that state of mind, and thus in that state of illness which we imagine ourselves to be in, in every state that we imagine ourselves in.
Approximate author period: c. 1960 AD · modern
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- Thomas Bernhard
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- Approximate author period: c. 1960 AD · modern
Approximate period for the recorded attribution to Thomas Bernhard, based on documented lifetime 1931 to 1989. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q44336 (checked 2026-10-08). This is not a quotation composition date or independent authentication of its attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q44336 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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