DEPRESSION > CHAPTER 1 - THIS POISONOUS MOOD

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"This leaden and poisonous mood the color of verdigris,
so incongruous in the midst of the lush New England summer."

Quote by Romain Gary, (21 May 1914 – 2 December 1980), born Romain Kacew, and known by the pen name Émile Ajar, was a French diplomat, novelist, film director and World War II aviator of Litvak origin. Gary died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound on 2 December 1980 in Paris, France.