Quotes from Andrzej Sapkowski

The elf nodded. From her saddlebow, she took a lute, a marvelous instrument of light, tastefully inlaid wood with a slender, engraved neck. Without a word, she handed the lute to Dandilion. The poet accepted the instrument and smiled. Also without a word, but his eyes said a great deal. "Farewell

Universal peace among nations is a condition of prosperity, the old man tried to prove, and peace is achieved by arming oneself. The most certain method of preventing wars is to have a terrible weapon as a deterrent: the more terrible it is, the more enduring and certain the peace.

The merchant, lowering his head, said nothing. 'Well, what can I say, it's a base world,' he finally muttered. 'But that's no reason for us all to become despicable. What we need is kindness. My father taught me that and I teach it to my sons.

But were you only to have the sensation of taste, you'd lose the pleasure the activity offers. The process, the accompanying ritual movements, the gestures, the conversation and eye contact which accompanies the process…

Then pay greater attention. The difference, my dear witcher, is that one who is bought is paid according to the buyer's whim, whereas one who renders a service sets his own price. Is that clear?

How does it happen, thought Ciri, what can it be ascribed to, that in all worlds, places and times, in all languages and dialects that one word always sounds comprehensible? And always similar? "Yes. I must ride to my mamma. My mamma is waiting for me.

Women don't have a say in my house. But, just between us, don't do what you did during supper last time in front of her again." "You mean when I threw my fork at that rat?" "No. I mean when you hit it, even in the dark." "I thought it would be amusing.

Der Fortschritt", sagte er schließlich, "ist wie eine Herde Schweine. Und so muss man diesen Fortschritt betrachten, so muss man ihn bewerten. Wie eine Herde Schweine, die auf dem ganzen Gehöft herumlaufen. Aus der Existenz dieser Herde ergeben sich verschiedene Vorteile. Es gibt Schinken. Es gibt Wurst, es gibt Speck, es gibt Eisbein in Aspik. Kurzum, Nutzen! Und da braucht man nicht die Nase rümpfen, dass alles vollgeschissen ist.

Die Leute [...] denken sich gern Ungeheuer und Ungeheuerlichkeiten aus. Sie selbst kommen sich dann weniger ungeheuerlich vor.

Gdyby umiejÄ™tno?? korzystania z doÅ›wiadczeÅ" i wyciÄ…gania wniosków decydowaÅ'y, dawno ju? zaponielibyÅ›my, czym jest wojna. Ale tych, którzy do wojny d???, nigdy nie powstrzymywaÅ'y i nie powstrzymajÄ… doÅ›wiadczenia ani analogie.

Local nitwits pretended to be well-informed.

Each time we are indebted we pay off the debt to ourselves. In each of us lies a creditor and a debtor at once and the art is for the reckoning to tally inside us.

Indeed, Urcheon of Erlenwald made a strange request of King Roegner, a strange reward to demand when the king offered him his wish. But let us not pretend we've never heard of such requests, of the Law of Surprise, as old as humanity itself. Of the price a man who saves another can demand, of the granting of a seemingly impossible wish. 'You will give me the first thing that comes to greet you.

Quem é que deve determiná-lo, declara-lo e administrá-lo? Quem?

He knew that the disdain for death and crazy courage of youngsters stemmed from a lack of imagination.

He, Poppet, has no voice or ear, and can only rhyme "rear" with "beer". This is Geralt of Rivia, a member of the guild of witchers.

The doppler pursed its glutinous lips and glowered at the Witcher with an evil expression in its dull eyes

Per lui i punti cardinali non significano granché. Gli è del tutto indifferente che direzione prendere, pur di non stare con le mani in mano. Un principio davvero degno di uno strigo. Il mondo è pieno di Male, basta solo seguire il proprio naso e distruggere il Male che s'incontra lungo la strada, servendo in tal modo la causa del Bene. Il resto viene da sé. In altre parole: il movimento è tutto, lo scopo non significa nulla.

I strongly advise you, witcher, that if the queen orders you to strip naked, paint your arse blue and hang yourself upside down in the entrance hall like a chandelier, you do it without surprise or hesitation.

Mude o nome da taberna para A Espada do Bruxo, para que nas noites de inverno aqui sejam contadas histórias sobre tesouros e monstros, sobre uma guerra sangrenta, sobre batalhas ferozes, sobre a morte. Sobre um grande amor e uma amizade inabalável. Sobre a coragem e a honra.

Non capisco perché non te ne vai, se stai così male con me." "Non voglio stare sola." "È tutto?" "È molto.

You took advantage of a madman's ravings to strengthen your own authority. To break up alliances, ruin marriage allegiances, stir up dynasties. In a word: to tangle the strings of crowned puppets even more. And here you are lecturing me about predictions, which any old storyteller at the marketplace would be ashamed of.

the honest truth and faithful history of a world where he who shatters the skulls of others most efficiently and swells women's bellies fastest, reign

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