#gossip

Gossip is the opiate of the oppressed. ↗

— Erica Jong

#opiate #oppressed

Men have always detested women's gossip because they suspect the truth: their measurements are being taken and compared. ↗

— Erica Jong

#because #being #compared #detested #gossip

Secrecy sets barriers between men, but at the same time offers the seductive temptation to break through the barriers by gossip or confession. ↗

— Georg Simmel

#between #break #confession #gossip #men

Gossip is just news running ahead of itself in a red satin dress. ↗

— Liz Smith

#dress #gossip #itself #just #news

Gossip is news running ahead of itself in a red satin dress. ↗

— Liz Smith

#dress #gossip #itself #news #red

Some say our national pastime is baseball. Not me. It's gossip. ↗

— Erma Bombeck

#gossip #me #national #national pastime #our

Women are more skilled than men at making gossip entertaining. ↗

— Kate Fox

#gossip #making #men #more #skilled

Lebedev: ...There'll be a scandal, the tongues of the whole district will buzz with gossip, but it's better to go through a scandal, isn't it, than to destroy yourself for your whole life. ↗

— Anton Chekhov

#scandal #life

Only a masochist could ever love such a narcissist. ↗

— Blair Waldorf

#love

I said I don't want to know," Kailani said firmly, her voice suddenly too loud. Cristina sat back into the bench, her eyes wide and disappointed. Then Ana started waving wildly, her small hand arcing for her mother's undivided attention, and, as Kailani watched in silence, the child slipped safely down the slide." Kailani to Cristina ↗

— Siobhan Fallon

#fort-hood #gossip #love #safety #love