Our children change us... whether they live or not.
If there's no game, isn't winning a pretty meaningless concept?
A weapon is a device for making your enemy change his mind.
There is no more hollow feeling than to stand with your honor shattered at your feet while soaring public reputation wraps you in rewards. That's soul-destroying. The other way around is merely very, very irritating.
What you are is a question only you can answer.
Some prices are just too high, no matter how much you may want the prize. The one thing you can't trade for your heart's desire is your heart.