Aloof Quote by Trudi Canavan

“It was impossible to imagine the aloof, dignified, powerful High Lord living as, of all things, a slave.”

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I have always been fascinated by the supernatural elements in stories, whether fairy tales, myths, film or literature.

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“Your supposed to drink wine, my friend, not breathe it.”

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There's always a bit of truth in each rumour, the trouble is finding out which bit. - Tayend

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“Achati chuckled. "You may be surprised. Some might come in the hopes of being snatched away to a secret place ruled by exotic women.”

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Though I can’t help feeling a sudden death cheats you of something. Death is an experience of life. You only get one death. I…

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Mortals did not need gods to order them to kill eachother. They were quite capable of finding reasons to do so themselves.

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“Ranel had said that the murderer wore a ring with a red gemstone. Looking at Akkarin's hands, she was almost disappointed to see they…

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Cery: So, Hem, tell me why I shouldn't see how many holes I need to make before you start leaking money?

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Extending his senses, Lorkin tried again to hear his mother’s surface thoughts. What he picked up seemed too out of character, however. He must…

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Better to know the quick pain of truth than the ongoing pain of a long-held false hope.

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Against the suffering which may come upon one from human relationships the readiest safeguard is voluntary isolation, keeping oneself aloof from other people. The happiness which can be achieved along this path is, as we see, the happiness of quietness. Against the dreaded external world one can only defend oneself by some kind of turning away from it, if one…

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To combat social awkwardness, I would just act like I couldn't be bothered - that kind of aloof persona or aloof demeanor. It's so…

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If someone were plucked from the group and given those responsibilities, they might find themselves growing more aloof, just by virtue of that promotion.…

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Hungry wailing standeth not aloof.

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[Kellyanne Conway]taking [Jennifer] Palmieri to school. You had a lousy candidate, you've got a candidate who's arrogant and aloof and didn't even campaign in…

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“Relax; the world's not watching that closely. It's too busy contemplating itself in the mirror.”

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Love's not love When it is mingled with regards that stand Aloof from th' entire point.

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It is well known that we fight in God's cause... but unless God helps us by a miracle the English, who have faster and handier ships than ours, and many more long-range guns, and who know their advantage just as well as we do, will never close with us at all, but stand aloof and knock us to pieces with…

Nicholas Rodger

There comes a terrible moment to many souls when the great movements of the world, the larger destinies of mankind, which have lain aloof in newspapers and other neglected reading, enter like an earthquake into their own lives--when the slow urgency of growing generations turns into the tread of an invading army or the dire clash of civil war, and…

George Eliot