“There are at least two kinds of games: finite games and infinite games. A finite game is played for the purpose of winning, an infinite game for the purpose of continuing the play.” - James P. Carse
"Since finite games can be played within an infinite game, infinite players do not eschew the performed roles of finite play. On the contrary, they enter into finite games with all the appropriate energy and self-veiling, but they do so without the seriousness of finite players."
"No one can play a game alone. One cannot be human by oneself. There is no selfhood where there is no community. We do not relate to others as the persons we are; we are who we are in relating to others."