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“I said that i would try to win, but to win for her.”
“A finite game is played for the purpose of winning, an infinite game for the purpose of continuing the play.”
“If I had known his favorite game was mental twister, I would have suggested a movie over game night.”
“I like games of chance, including women.”
“In essence , games are the only universally serious activity . They leave no room for skepticism , wouldn't you agree ? However incredulous or doubting you might be , if you want to play , you have...”
“Do grown men always have to play games? Does everything have to be an excuse for another kind of game? Do any men grow up or do they only come of age?”
“I excuse myself and go to the ladies’ room. Washing my hands, I give myself a little youcan do this type pep talk. When I walk out, I see him leaned up against the wall opposite the door."Long line...”
“REMIND ME AGAIN, he said, HOW THE LITTLE HORSE-SHAPED ONES MOVE.”
“Ridcully sighed.'All right, you fellows,' he said. 'No magic at Table, you know the rules. Who's playing silly buggers?'The other senior wizards stared at him.'I, I, I don't think we can play it an...”
“You play games with people's lives.(...) You forget that they are fragile.”
“It was rather difficult to throw a game when you had no idea what you were doing to win it in the first place.”
“The game’s the thing. That’s the conventional wisdom, isn’t it? The fun is what matters, not the victory. To glory in the defeat of another, to need that purchased pride, is to show you are incompl...”
“When you don’t have time to do your job, that’s a good indication you’re playing the wrong game.”
“Lightsong had never bothered to learn the rules.He found it more amusing to play when he had no idea what he was doing.”
“The rules of Panic are simple. Anyone can enter. But only one person will win.”
