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1 " The early settlers amazed her--they had pluck, they led lives of sweaty drama. Theirs was a world of corsets and whipping posts and indentured servitude. People worked the land and died in ungainly ways. Modern life, in comparison, seemed a cinch. "
― Jennifer Vanderbes , Strangers at the Feast
2 " Cowboy Rodeo was a very simple man. He liked his life simple. He liked his ranch full of animals, he liked the breeze across the plains, and he liked when the sun rose and set. He liked strong, cold whiskey and the stars at night.Cowboy Rodeo realized at that moment he also really, really liked corsets and black pencil skirts that showed off the curve of the hip. "
― Shannon Noelle Long , Second Coming
3 " She did not understand why women complicated their lives with corsets and petticoats, so she sewed herself a coarse cassock that she simply put over her and without further difficulties resolved the problem of dress, without taking away the feeling of being naked, which according to her lights was the only decent way to be when at home. "
― Gabriel García Márquez , One Hundred Years of Solitude
4 " She wore tight corsets to give her a teeny waist - I helped her lace them up - but they had the effect of causing her to faint. Mom called it the vapors and said it was a sign of her high breeding and delicate nature. I thought it was a sign that the corset made it hard to breathe. "
― Jeannette Walls , Half Broke Horses
5 " Mortals trotted about in shoes and corsets made to limit movement, fashion for prey. "
― Gail Carriger , Heartless (Parasol Protectorate, #4)
