Rumors

Is not a rumor just an inkling of the truth? Rumors are truths muffled, mutilated or merely in disguise - truths in some form... Without rumors, we would not know where the truth was, or why; how then would we seek it? Rumors bring us news that there is a truth, and that we are curious for it.

If not for rumors, we would take the truth for granted. We would not ask questions like: Is it possible? Could it really be?