"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."

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Source : "Crown Duel". Book by Sherwood Smith, 1997.

Sherwood Smith

#Hurt Quotes #Ideas Quotes #Gossip Quotes

“Art starts alone - and convinces society later.”
“Even in the middle of a hurricane, the bottom of the sea is calm. As the storm rages and the winds howl, the deep waters sway in gentle rhythm, a light movement of fish and plant life. Below there is no storm.”

Source : Wayne Muller (2013). “How Then, Shall We Live?: Four Simple Questions That Reveal the Beauty and Meaning of Our Lives”, p.75, Bantam
“I'm not into bands for the sake of being into bands. I've grown past that. There was a time in my life when I was that guy.”
“You want to believe that there's one relationship in life that's beyond betrayal. A relationship that's beyond that kind of hurt. And there isn't.”
“A good interpreter can take a piece of bad music and make it sound pretty decent, while a bad interpreter can take good music and make it sound cheap. I can tell that some people have a bad taste, and unlike on the piano, they smear around a lot, that is bad taste.”
“Little people belittle people. Great people make people feel great.”
“It's a feeling without a lid, of what you would do, physically, verbally, to protect the one thing that is your greatest love.”
“We are all slaves of our own actions. Why be angry with anyone else?”

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