"Spike the Dragon... That innocent, young hero... Always risking it all for some insignificant life or another... I guess that's how they know me. How they'll... remember me. But that's not who I am; at least... not anymore. Not in their eyes. I became a hero to protect her! I risk it all for her! For if I don't stop it there, then when will it get to her? I can't let that happen! It was all for her! But she does this, for the third fourth time?! It's just like Twilight Sparkle said... Oh, Sun of suns, she knew... It's true, isn't it? A Hero's just Not Fit For Love... are they?"
~Spike, the Exiled.