#aloof

[ltwilliammowett]

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.

#naval history #aloof #term #sailing #age of sail

[ask-walter-and-vince]

Ca- can you tell Winston I think he's really cute 👉👈

#wav ask #anon #winston #wesley #kuudere #cutie pie #himbros #aloof #he got tricks up his sleeve #wesley just wanted to fluster him #haha backfire

[betweenthetimeandsound]

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

#poetry #my poetry #poets on tumblr #poetry on tumblr #poetober #writerscreedchallenge #falling for a ghost #yearning #aloof #dreams #dream #writeblrcafe #poeticstories

[blueeyeddarkknight]

Happy mother's day ❤️ to the mothers the ones who passed and the ones who are still with us. 🙏

"Love your mother, cherish your time together and don't forget to call her" _Val

#val kilmer #Happy mother's day #Rip to Val's mom #She was gorgeous #Swedish #Aloof #And super proud #Val's adorable #Batman forever #Interview #jay leno #val 2021 #val documentary #My gifs #He got her eyes and hair #He wears her jewelry #Gladys Leach #top gun #Batman #Tombstone #The doors #the saint 1997 #Top secret #Real genius #Willow #Heat

[justanotherstardrop]

always in their head, aloof

#my edits #sanrio #sanrio edit #vent #vent edit #sanrio vent #my melody #sanrio my melody #my melody sanrio #flat sanrio #sanrio flat #flat #aloof #trauma #trauma edit #madd #madd edit #bpd #dpd #dissociation #derealization #dream #dereality #depersonalization #maladaptive daydreaming disorder #actually maladaptive #maladaptive daydreamer #maladaptive daydreaming #daydreaming #daydreamer

[dk-thrive]

The little aloofness that beauty needs.

— Helen Garner, Yellow Notebook: Diaries Volume I 1978-1987 (The Text Publishing Company, May 3, 2022)

#Helen Garner #beauty #beautiful #aloof

[howifeltabouthim]

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

#withholding #seductive #appealing #attractive #mysterious #aloof #disapproving #keep their interest #description #characterization #quotes #lit #words #excerpts #quote #literature #lisa taddeo #animal

[random-xpressions]

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

#divine #path #aloof #peaceful

[hometownangels]

reading the night circus, it's nice

#nice but so clear that the author wants to sound english and from the 1880s i dont know #maybe i'll get used to it #also each sentence ends with toi much flourish? like it's patting itself on the back. it could slow down a bit or seem less #aloof #li talks

[snowbodyatall]

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.

#snowbodyatall #antisocial #notantisocial #antikindpeople #what im not #healthy coping mechanisms #healthy coping skills #aloof #disturbing the peace #unapproachable

[bmbrice]

Whaddya want?

#supercell #supercellcomic #bmbriceart #bmbricedailies #al #sitting #aloof

[bowlerhatduck]

Duckvember #14: Aloof Duck

Comic Flinty seems like very aloof and introverted to me. Don’t try to organise him a surprise party.

#duckvember #duckvember 2022 #flintheart glomgold #aloof #fun fact: i thought aloof meant something opposite of it xD #So i was going to draw fethry first lol #I keep drawing my faves oops

[euesworld]

"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

#when she smiled #when she smiles #smile #perfect #perfection #you are perfect #warmth #the sun #sun #sunny smiles #aloof #blooming star #blossoming #blooming #stars #beautiful #poem #poetry #poetic #poets on tumblr #poet #spilled ink #spilled thoughts #spilled words #love quotes #love #love quote life quotes #love quote for her #quoteoftheday #romance

[sucka99]

#zuckerberg #fuckerberg #billionaire #aloof #no perspective

[dadbastiandisaster]

I am the Oracle of Delphi but instead of prophecies its just really stupid black butler posts

#black butler #kuroshitsuji #kuroshitpost #aloof #ciel phantomhive #original post

[artbyacev]

Going through an old sketchbook and found this goofy guy

#art #artists on tumblr #original art #sketch #sketches #doodle #drawing #pen sketch #pen doodle #goofy guy #aloof #absolute unit #yaoi hands #he boot too big for he got damn feet