No gossip ever dies away entirely, if many people voice it: it, too, is a kind of divinity.
Gossip is conversation about people.
I think gossip and scandal is something from Western culture that has pervaded the rest of the world.
The ball of rumor and criticism, once it starts rolling, is difficult to stop.
Gossip is only the lack of a worthy memory.
If it were not for a goodly supply of rumors, half true and half false, what would the gossips do?
I don't really listen to any of the gossip.
I love rumors. It gives me something to think about and enjoy.
The nature of rumor is known to all.
Gossip is essentially storytelling: storytelling about people whom we know.
You can kind of ask around for details. You might get a little information here and there, even from the other actors, or "One person heard that..." I feel like the writers are always leaving their options open.
Gossip is a sort of smoke that comes from the dirty tobacco-pipes of those who diffuse it: it proves nothing but the bad taste of the smoker.
gossip ... was like any other commodity in the marketplace. You received it only if you had something of value to give.
