Die Mackenplage (A plague of tics), in: Naked. Aus dem Amerikanischen von Harry Rowohlt. (Auch unter dem Titel "Nackt" erschienen). München Heyne 2005 (2. Aufl.) S. 33 f.
In STERN 7/2003, Seite 167 http://books.google.com/books?id=Ad48AQAAIAAJ&q=%22nerv%C3%B6sen+Angelegenheiten fehlerhaft zitiert als: "Meine nervösen Angelegenheiten ließen nach, als ich anfing zu rauchen - alles prima, solange es eine Zigarette in meiner unmittelbaren Zukunft gibt."
Original englisch: "I'm unsure of the scientific aspects, but for some reason my nervous habits faded at around the same time I took up with cigarettes. [...] everything's fine as long as I know there's a cigarette in my immediate future." - A Plague of tics
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