Lucy Williams > Quotes

“People often think that others wear corsets because they are unhappy with their shape, but that is far from the truth. The women that dominate these communities are strong and confident individuals who celebrate their curves.”
― Lucy Williams, Solaced: 101 True Stories About Corsets, Well-Being, and Hope

“Being an aging woman in this modern world can be either tragic‌—‌or magic. We watch the body of our youth go through such “socially unacceptable” changes: jiggles, furrows, dimples, puckers, and scars. So many of us feel trapped in a body that is now judged “over the hill” instead of over the top, “seasoned” instead of sexy, or the dreaded “matronly” instead of magnetic. We watch our diets and work out harder than we ever did when young in the attempt to lose those love handles, stop those spreads, or at least slow those sags, but the years and gravity are against us: We are aging, and we live in a society that still worships youthful beauty above all else in half of its population.”
― Lucy Williams, Solaced: 101 True Stories About Corsets, Well-Being, and Hope

“My daily mood and energy are what can only be termed effervescent.”
― Lucy Williams, Solaced: 101 True Stories About Corsets, Well-Being, and Hope

“sonder (which John Koenig defines as “the realization that each random passerby is living a life as vivid and complex as your own”)”
― Lucy Williams, Solaced: 101 True Stories About Corsets, Well-Being, and Hope