Quotes from Andrzej Sapkowski

O provérbio diz: a quem mal vive, o medo o segue.

Ignorance"—Regis smiled—"is no justification for ill-conceived actions. When one doesn't know or has doubts it's best to seek advice…

Although the chancellor's orders forbade students and tutors to drink and play before dusk, drinking and playing took place around the clock in Oxenfurt, for it is well known that if there is anything that makes men thirstier than the acquisition of knowledge it is the full or partial prohibition of drinking.

The mixture which helped the witcher gain full control of his body was chiefly made up of veratrum, stramonium, hawthorn and spurge.

I varje saga finns ett korn av sanning.

It is you humans who hate anything that differs from you, be it only by the shape of its ears,' the elf went on calmly, paying no attention to the sylvan. 'That's why you took our land from us, drove us from our homes, forced us into the savage mountains.

There may no longer be faith nor truth in the world, but surely good sense still exists.

Dac? È™tii s? lupÈ›i cu ceva, nu te mai însp?imânt?

Money," he muttered, "opens all doors." It

The pathetic – ridiculous – attempts which people undertake to try to understand nature are typically termed philosophy. The results of such attempts are also considered philosophy

Qué es la verdad? ¿La negación de la mentira? ¿O la afirmación de un hecho? Y si el hecho es una mentira, ¿qué es entonces la verdad? ¿Quién está lleno de sentimientos que le arrastran y quién es la cobertura vacía de un frío cráneo? ¿Quién? ¿Qué es la verdad, Geralt? ¿En qué consiste la verdad?

Only look ye yonder, see ye those mountains? There's elves live there, that there is their kingdom. Their palaces, hear ye, are all of pure gold. Oh aye, sir! Elves, I tell ye. 'Tis awful. He who yonder goes, never returns.' 'I thought so,' said Geralt coldly. 'Which is precisely why I don't intend going there.

And what is true manliness—" she tilted her head playfully "—if not class and recklessness blended together in the correct proportions?

Le intenzioni umane, per quanto astutamente celate, vengono sempre tradite da due cose: dagli occhi e dalle mani.

Cada momento do tempo carrega em si o passado, o presente e o futuro. Cada momento do tempo carrega em si a eternidade. Entende? - Não. - Não faz mal.

All around, wherever one looks, there's greyness and dullness. Even things which begin beautifully lead swiftly to boredom and dreariness, to that human ritual, that wearisome rhythm called life.

Porque é que estão a olhar assim para mim? As mulheres não precisam de dinheiro. Para que é que elas haviam de precisar? Não bebem, não jogam aos dados, e elas próprias, que diabos, são mulheres.

The blade, freed by the half-turn, floated after him, shining, drawing a fan of red droplets in its wake. The streaming raven-black hair floated in the air, floated, floated, floated... The head fell onto the gravel. There are fewer and fewer monsters? And I? What am I? Who's shouting? The birds? The woman in a sheepskin jacket and blue dress? The roses from Nazair? How quiet! How empty. What emptiness. Within me.

The entire incident—from Pike's shout to grandpa Holofernes blowing his nose—took more or less the same time it would to rapidly utter the sentence "Halflings are incredibly fast and can throw all sorts of missiles unerringly.

And 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.

Sono tempi difficili. Difficili e pericolosi. Viviamo in un'epoca di cambiamenti. Sarebbe un peccato invecchiare nella convinzione di non aver fatto nulla affinché questi cambiamenti fossero per il meglio.

Money," he muttered, "opens all

Because it would be the first proof I've ever heard of that a lack of faith has any kind of power at all." A GRAIN OF TRUTH I A number of black points moving against a bright sky streaked with mist drew the witcher's attention.

The goathorn's aim was true and he appeared to have an endless supply of balls.