Masters of Networking: Building Relationships for Your Pocketbook and Soul,

One relationship didn't work out, but that doesn't mean relationships never work out. One single experience isn't representative of all of them.

[Man] is immortal, not because he alone among creatures has an inexhaustible voice, but because he has a soul, a spirit capable of compassion and sacrifice and endurance.

No soul is desolate as long as there is a human being for whom it can feel trust and reverence.

If someone tries to use you as a tool, you shouldn't mind it, because it is their choice and folly, not yours.

The relationships with players and former players is what it's about.