#gossip

Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people. ↗

There is a certain amount which I shan't mention publicly," Elizabeth said. "Things about Lucia which I should never dream of stating openly." "Those are just the ones I should like to hear about most," said Diva. "Just a few little titbits. ↗

— E.F. Benson

#humour #dreams

Yet simple souls, their faith it knows no stint: Things least to be believed are most preferred. All counterfeits, as from truth's sacred mint, Are readily believed if once put down in print ↗

— John Clare

#liars #lies #rumors #rumours #truth

Bittersweet? No, just bitter, the taste of your tongue. Words you can’t have back, so they linger. ↗

— Coco J. Ginger

#bitter #breaking-up #friendship #friendship-and-love #gossip

I don't like repeating gossip, so listen up. ↗

— Jane Seabrook

#repeating-gossip #humor

Blair liked to think of herself as a hopeless romantic in the style of old movie actresses like Audrey Hepburn and Marilyn Monroe. She was always coming up with plot devices for the movie she was starring in at the moment, the movie that was her life. ↗

— Cecily von Ziegesar

#life

Fidelity is a living, breathing entity. On wobbly footing, it can wander, becoming something different entirely. ↗

— Kay Goodstadt

#brain-tumor #death #faith #food #gay

Never speak disrespectfully of Society, Algernon. Only people who can’t get into it do that. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#society

No one gossips about other people’s secret virtues. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

#vice #virtues #education

The key to good eavesdropping is not getting caught. ↗