#sip

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

— Bertrand Russell

#vice #virtues #education

There's a kind of radar that you get, after years of being talked about and made fun of by other people. You can almost smell it when it's about to happen, can recognize instantly the sound of a hushed voice, lowered just enough to make whatever is said okay. I had only been in Colby for a few weeks. But I had not forgotten. ↗

— Sarah Dessen

#fun

It was so typical. Whenever Blair did anything nice for someone else, she usually regretted it. Which kind of explained why she was such a bitch most of the time. ↗

— Cecily von Ziegesar

#regret

You want to fly in jets, and I just want to fly" -Baby Carlyle ↗

— Cecily von Ziegesar

#gossip

Everything about everybody was very soon known by everybody else. ↗

— Jude Morgan

#gossip

When you’re looking at truth versus gossip, truth doesn’t stand a chance. ↗

— Barbara Mikkelson

#gossip

My dear Arthur, I never talk scandal. I only talk gossip. What is the difference between scandal and gossip? Oh! Gossip is charming! History is merely gossip. But scandal is gossip made tedious by morality. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#gossip

The key to good eavesdropping is not getting caught. ↗

— Lemony Snicket

#gossip #gossip

When you are rich and powerful, no one will challenge you to your face or give you a chance to explain yourself. All the whispers are behind your back. You are left with no means of clearing your own name. And after a while you realize there is no point in even attempting to do so. No one wants the truth. All anyone wants is the chance to add more fuel to the fires of gossip. The whispers become so loud that sometimes you think you will drown in them. ↗

— Amanda Quick

#rumors #truth #gossip

If I maintain my silence about my secret it is my prisoner...if I let it slip from my tongue, I am ITS prisoner. ↗

— Arthur Schopenhauer

#gossip #secrets #gossip