Imagination is what has driven human progress since very early times.
I simply don't shine in company. Mostly I prefer to retreat with a book.
One shouldn't allow oneself to be intimidated by something that can be picked up and tucked under one's arm.
We love people differently at different stages of our knowledge of them. As love changes its hape and its nature, we have to decide what we're going to do about that love on any given day.
You yourself must know how boring gravity is to oneself and everyone else.
As Cinderella would probably tell you, even a prince who only recognizes your footwear is preferable to a lifetime of cleaning grates.