Your idea of romance requires a corset and a time machine.

“... but the corset had the odd power of making her seem somehow more naked; it turned her into a forbidden, armored creature with…

— Jeffrey Eugenides

The most uncomfortable costumes have been when you've had to wear a corset.

— Eleanor Tomlinson

There was a time when I thought I was never going to get out of a corset. I wondered when I would get the…

— Joanna Page

“She fastened the invisible corset of her composure snugly around herself and prepared to move forward with her plan.”

— Amanda Quick

It might not look it but rocking in a corset is harder than you think

— Anonymous

I honestly don't think I have one specific style. One day, I could be wearing a workout track suit, and another day, I could…

— Sydney Sweeney

Just wearing the corset means that you can never really relax from the moment that you put it on. So, there's a constant sort…

— Mia Wasikowska

If I'd been whoring before class and waved a corset at him, no one would have thought twice about it!

— Patrick Rothfuss

I don't think I've ever tried on a corset, though a certain bridesmaid's dress did require a torturous bustier that will stay forever burned…

— Laura Moriarty

“. Designed to look like a breastplate, the corset was trimmed in silver with sections that looked like overlapping plate armor. It fell to…

— Sarah K.L. Wilson

I spend long days wearing a corset - but no pain, no gain.

— Phyllis Logan

A rich woman seems to have all her banknotes about her, guarding her virtue, like a cuirass, in the lining of her corset.

— Gustave Flaubert

“Will." Her hands pulled at his shirt, and it came away, the buttons tearing, his head shaking free of the fabric, all wild dark…

— Cassandra Clare

Yes, if you lace your corset up as snugly as is humanly possible, it will undoubtedly impede your breathing and make you more likely…

— Lucy Worsley

Really I was open-minded about doing anything, but the one thing I didn't want to do was get myself into a corset, because I…

— Emma Watson