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Quotes About Aloofness

And slowly he starts to seem more far away, he seems to waft, drift at a distance
~ Sharon Olds
She went on, protected from the world around her by a last armor: indifference.
~ Ayn Rand
A wall of the most effective soundproofing: indifference.
~ Ayn Rand
I took several long walks in the Wright and adjacent Taylor Valleys. I did not feel insignificant on these journeys, dwarfed or shrugged off by the land, but superfluous. It is a difficult landscape to enter, and to develop a rapport with. It is not inimical or hostile, but indifferent, utterly remote, even as you stand in it. The light itself is aloof.
~ Barry Lopez
There's no love lost between us.
~ Miguel de Cervantes
?nsanlardan ho?lanm?yorum. Yapt?klar?ndan ho?lanm?yorum. Temsil ettiklerinden ho?lanm?yorum. Söylediklerinden ho?lanm?yorum.
~ Erlend Loe
I loved Catherine Deneuve, Sophia Loren, and Ursula Andress. They had an incredible strength but fragility at the same time, especially Catherine Deneuve, who had an aloofness that impressed me.
~ Elizabeth Debicki
What vast funds of indifference society possesses
~ Gustave Flaubert
Whilst never actually rebuffing a visitor, he always reared such a wall of reserve that few could think of anything to say to him which would not sound inane.
~ H.P. Lovecraft
despising the world as if they had access to other and preferable spheres of entity.
~ H.P. Lovecraft
In seinem Verhalten schien eine kryptische, sardonische Arroganz zu lauern, als ödeten ihn alle menschlichen Wesen nur noch an.
~ H.P. Lovecraft
Even exploitation and oppression still make society work and establish some kind of order. Only wealth without power or aloofness without a policy are felt to be parasitical, useless, revolting, because such conditions cut all the threads which tie men together. Wealth which does not exploit lacks even the relationship which exists between exploiter and exploited; aloofness without policy does not imply even the minimum concern of the oppressor for the oppressed.
~ Hannah Arendt
Because of their close relationship to state sources of power, the Jews were invariably identified with power, and because of their aloofness from society and concentration upon the closed circle of the family, they were invariably suspected of working for the destruction of all social structures.
~ Hannah Arendt
But I may be one who does not care Ever to have tree bloom or bear.
~ Robert Frost
She was hardly more affable than a cameo.
~ Max Beerbohm
Rottcodd was unmarried. An aloofness and even a nervousness was apparent on first acquaintance and the ladies held a peculiar horror for him. His, then, was an ideal existence, living alone day and night in a long loft. Yet occasionally, for one reason or another, a servant or a member of the household would make an unexpected appearance and startle him with some question appertaining to ritual, and then the dust would settle once more in the hall and on the soul of Mr. Rottcodd.
~ Mervyn Peake
It frightens you how practical you can be, how cold, even with your own.
~ Stewart O'Nan
Not my species, not my problem.
~ Susan Sizemore
You may also freeze around inauthentic people, which can convey aloofness — but this is clearly a protective device. Some empaths prefer socializing online to keep others at a distance, so there's less of the tendency to absorb their discomfort and stress.
~ Judith Orloff
The largest and most influential houses chiefly demonstrate the aloofness of the French approach.
~ Stephen Gardiner
The whole place had a feel and aura about as warm as a cold sore.
~ Harlan Coben
No one bothered to glance up at us, as though they'd weighed the effort of sliding their eyes in our direction against the possible benefits and decided, hey, it isn't worth it. The
~ Harlan Coben
But although she interacted with so many people during the day, no one could actually say that they were close to her. There is an aloofness to the permanently heartbroken, a secrecy. There was something impenetrable about her. There was a door that she had closed, which no one could get in.
~ Heather O'Neill
I'm not insincere. I just don't care, that's all.
~ Anthony T. Hincks