Quotes from Andrzej Sapkowski

Uwa?aj na siebie. - Wol? uwa?a? na innych. To si? bardziej sprawdza na d?u?sz? met?.

You were going to the temple. Because the priest Krepp, who's also a member of the council, dedicated a lot of time to Jennifer in his sermons. You promised him a lesson in respect for the fair sex. When you spoke of him you omitted his title and threw in other descriptions, to the delight of the children trailing after you.' 'Aha,' muttered Geralt. 'So blasphemy came into it, too.

La vita non ha niente a che vedere con la poesia! E sai perché? Perché è al di sopra di qualsiasi critica!

The line delineated by destiny is winding, but leads to this tower. Towards annihilation, towards the destruction of established values, of the established order. But there, above the tower, do you see? A swallow. The symbol of hope. Take this sword. And may what is to come about, come about.

There, where mountains tower today, one day there will be seas; there where today seas surge, will one day be deserts. But stupidity will remain stupidity. Nicodemus

There's a grain of truth in every fairy tale," said the witcher quietly. "Love and blood. They both possess a mighty power. Wizards and learned men have been racking their brains over this for years, but they haven't arrived at anything except that—" "That what, Geralt?" "It has to be true love.

inability is not the result of your primitiveness. Quite the opposite: it's a result of egotism and a conviction in your own perfection. Anything that is more perfect than you must be a repulsive aberration. And repulsive aberrations are consigned to myths, for sociological reasons.

You also ought to know that mandrake is a powerful aphrodisiac and is used in love magic, particularly to break down female resistance. That's the explanation of mandrake's folk name: love apple. It's a herb used to pander lovers.' 'Blockhead,' Milva commented. 'And

Geralt ha capito al volo, Cahir crede di aver capito, io chiedo in maniera esplicita un chiarimento, ma prima mi si ordina di tacere, poi mi sento dire che non c'è bisogno che capisca. Grazie. Vent'anni al servizio della poesia sono un periodo abbastanza lungo per sapere che ci sono cose che o si capiscono al volo, anche senza parole, o non si capiranno mai.

There is never a second opportunity to make a first impression. Come on, let's have a beer instead.

But you have changed this world. At first, you used force to change it. You treated it as anything that falls into your hands. Now it looks as it the world has started to fit in with you. It's given way to you. It's given in.

Um mal é um mal, Stregobor — retrucou seriamente o bruxo, pondo-se de pé. — Menor, maior, médio, tanto faz… As proporções são convencionadas e as fronteiras, imprecisas. Não sou um santo eremita e não pratiquei apenas o bem ao longo da minha vida. Mas, se me couber escolher entre dois males, prefiro abster-me por completo da escolha.

when gazing on a dream, one either sees great wisdom or great foolishness. The art is in recognising it.

I have no desire to listen to him,' he said flatly. 'My hand is itching to stab him through the heart, with him lying there looking at me. It's all I can do to restrain myself. And if he opens his mouth, I know I won't be able to hold back. I haven't told you everything.

he who pays the piper calls the tune!

Jag förstår inte hur ni kan vara vänner. Han är din motsats i allt.« »Motsatserna dras till varandra.«

Videla sam... u Sodenu i u Prekore?ju... ?itava polja... Ležali su svuda po zemlji, kidali su ih vukovi i divlji psi, kljucale ih ptice. Sigurno su tamo bili i gulovi. - Zbog toga i u?iš o gulovima, Ciri. Kada nešto poznaješ, to prestaje da bude no?na mora. Kada znaš kako da se boriš protiv ne?ega, opasnost više nije toliko velika. Kako treba da se boriš protiv gula, Ciri?

Those who follow a code are often respected and held in high esteem

Farewell, Ciri. Farewell, Swallow. "Farewell, Old Raven.

Proprio in questo consiste il ruolo della poesia, Ciri. Parlare di ciò di cui gli altri tacciono.

We're not so naïve that we don't know your merchants are just outposts of your way of life. We know what follows them.

Listen: two years ago peasants from some godforsaken

Dizem que o progresso ilumina as trevas. Mas sempre, absolutamente sempre, existirá a escuridão. E na escuridão sempre haverá o mal, sempre haverá caninos e garras, assassinatos e sangue, sempre haverá criaturas que vagueiam pela noite, perturbando.

Prince Hrobarik, not being so gracious, tried to hire me to find a beauty who, sick of his vulgar advances, had fled the ball, losing a slipper.