It would have been funny if I had been an observer and not a participant, an idea that gave me a disconcerting insight into gossip. As I walked beside the silent Tamara, I realized that despite how entertaining certain stories were, at the bottom of every item of gossip there was someone getting hurt. Sherwood Smith
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  2. If you haven't got anything nice to say about anybody come sit next to me. - Alice Roosevelt Longworth

  3. Gossip, as usual, was one-third right and two-thirds wrong. - L.m. Montgomery

  4. No matter what you do, someone always knew you would. - Ami McKay

  5. And though there’s a grain of truth in every rumor, I’ve found that the worst gossip usually starts with something harmless. - Kathleen ODell

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