Aloof
When sailing close to a lee shore (that is, with the wind blowing onto it), the helmsman might be instructed to hold the ship "a-luff" - that is, close to the wind - to prevent it crashing onto the rocks. To be " a-luff" , or aloof, therefore came to mean keeping your distance.
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Ca- can you tell Winston I think he's really cute 👉👈
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Silver hands, fairy dreams,
I hear fragile bells ring
on the branches of willows.
In a dream I find her amongst the elves;
wearing translucent skirts
and starlight falls
on her waist,
a queen without a crown.
She offers her hands as a gift,
but I find slashes on her arms;
from those scars, lilacs bloom.
But between the floating blossoms,
I find myself falling
into an abyss
without end
nor wings...
In the morning, the sun rises,
but only overcast skies remain.
I ache between my ribs;
the weight of existence manifests
through a paper crane
stained with fresh blood
and fresher ink.
Life gives me no gifts,
but I only want
for marble to turn into flesh,
for expectation to turn into reality,
and for her to come thtrough the door. --Elda Mengisto
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always in their head, aloof
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The little aloofness that beauty needs.
— Helen Garner, Yellow Notebook: Diaries Volume I 1978-1987 (The Text Publishing Company, May 3, 2022)
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I didn't smile or nod. I'd learned that from my mother. Men go wild for a woman who is quiet like a cat. A woman who doesn't always approve.
Lisa Taddeo, from Animal
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One subtle way of God inviting us to Him is by making us utterly tired of our fellow humans. Whatever evil is there on earth, makes one desire for some infinite good. You get hatred, you crave love. You get lies, you crave truth. You get desertion, you crave commitment. You get deception, you crave sincerity. You get spite, you crave affinity. When all of that you desired of good from this creation fails, that's when you find 'the Friend' there standing with a smile on his face asking silently: "Are you done knocking every closed door only to finally return to my door which was never even closed in the first place ever since you yourself chose to walk out of it?"
Random Xpressions
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reading the night circus, it's nice
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I am not antisocial I'm anti-kind people and so many people are so abrasive that I have retreated so far into myself that I come off as aloof or unapproachable, I just refuse to allow anyone the chance to disturb my peace in any way. Is it the healthiest thing to do, probably not, but it's working for me so far.
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Whaddya want?
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Duckvember #14: Aloof Duck
Comic Flinty seems like very aloof and introverted to me. Don’t try to organise him a surprise party.
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"Like the sun, she was so far away but you could always feel her warmth.. she stayed aloof, but when she smiled which was seldomly the day got just a bit brighter, life seemed just a tad more vivid. She was a blooming star on my horizon, a perfect blossoming star in my heart.. perfection if there is such a thing, the eternal living embodiment of art. Such a bright soul, so bright like the sun.. I just want to give her all of my love."
I see her and think to myself, wow.. she knows my soul better than anyone - eUë
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I am the Oracle of Delphi but instead of prophecies its just really stupid black butler posts
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Going through an old sketchbook and found this goofy guy
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