earthquaked

Updated: May 6, 2025

Men of small affairs, suddenly earthquaked to the crest of the great tidal wave of new market-values, went drunk with wealth. In New York, where so many great forces of a great country coagulate, the face of the city photographed would have been a composite of fat and jowl, rouge and heavy lip satiated yet insatiate, the head double-chinned and even a little loggy with too many satisfactions.

Fannie Hurst - Gaslight Sonatas