It's only gossip if you repeat it. Until then, it's gathering information.

Of three things be wary- of a feather on a cat, The shepherd eating mutton, And a guardsman that is fat.

... sometimes good people [are] helpless... terrible things happen... to good people... there [are] sad endings as well as happy ones.

Three things never trust in- The maiden sworn as pure, The vows a king has given, And an ambush that is sure.

We're none of us quite so sure of our place in the world that we can't be rocked off our feet by bad times. It's the getting back up again that counts. Not that you fall, but getting back up again counts for more in the long run.

If I'm walking on thin ice, I might as well dance my way across

Pretend long enough that you belong, and eventually even you will believe it." - Gallen