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"Oh, you mean fairy gossip, Eric,” she giggled. “I get the picture,” she said fluttering her lacy wings. “Don’t look so sad, Eric. There isn’t a day that passes when your nosy beak doesn’t find its way..."

"The recitation of grievances was strange balm."

"Truth is not exciting enough to those who depend on the characters and lives of their neighbors for all their amusement"

"A peaceful refuge in which to rediscover each other, we thought,, not realizing that, while golf and fishing are Scotland's most popular outdoor sports, gossip is the most popular indoor sport."

"Did you ever hear the Oriental proverb, "The dogs bark but the caravan passes on"? Let them bark, Scarlett. I fear nothing will stop your caravan."

"Songs remain. They last...A song can last long after the events and the people in it are dust and dreams and gone. That's the power of songs."

"I sat in the dark and thought: There’s no big apocalypse. Just an endless procession of little ones."

"It happened that a fire broke out backstage in a theater. The clown came out to inform the public. They thought it was a jest and applauded. He repeated his warning. They shouted even louder. So I thi..."

"For Alwyn's grandfather, who was known as "the greatest talker in the country," used words which no one else understood, words which he did not understand, and words which do not exist, to swell a pas..."

"You know, Alexia started, “I will be deeply disappointed if the apocalypse starts in Portsmouth."