Quotes from Andrzej Sapkowski

And they dare say that we, humans, invented all the dirty tricks. On the other hand…' 'Hem, hem?' coughed Ori Reuven, surprised by his boss's sudden – and then continuing – silence. 'On the other hand, they may have finally begun to learn from us,' said the spy coldly, looking down at the denunciations, interrogation reports and death sentences.

Your mother gives birth to you only once and only once do you die

If Geralt was pleased about anything, it was only that nobody could see him – for it was a truly ridiculous sight.

O nome da mula é Draakul. Foi chamada assim por Regis logo depois do furto e assim ficou. Regis, obviamente, acha esse nome engraçado, pois de certo tem algum significado engraçado na cultura e língua dos vampiros. No entanto, não queria nos explicar o motivo e dizia que era um jogo de palavras intraduzível.

Non si può obbligare un soldato a smettere di avere paura, tuttavia gli si può fornire una motivazione che lo aiuti a superarla.

And who are you putting make-up on for, exactly?" "Myself. A woman accentuates her beauty for her own self-esteem.

A story is a largely false account, of largely trivial events, fed to us by historians who are largely idiots,'" smiled the Witcher.

He's overexcited. After he releases, he trembles and shakes like a woman with a slug wriggling up her arse.

when mutation is spread over a sufficiently long period it ceases to be mutation and becomes evolution.

Money", he muttered, "opens all doors.

Um mal é um mal… 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 de minha vida. Mas, se me couber escolher entre dois males, prefiro abster-me por completo da escolha.

May Ye All Wail, for the Destroyer of Nations is upon us. Your lands shall they trample and divide with rope. Your cities razed shall be, their dwellers expelled. The bat, owl and raven your homes shall infest, and the serpent will therein make its nest . . . Aen Ithlinnespeath     The

living in it, it would be a drop of fresh water in the salt sea. In other words, a wasted effort. Thus, I decided to do specific good; good which would not go to waste. I'm good to myself and my immediate circle.

Nulla è come sembra.» «Un'affermazione ineccepibile. Che ci conduce inesorabilmente alla conclusione che noi, Ciri, non sappiamo nulla l'uno dell'altra. Conosciamo solo le apparenze e quelle ingannano.»

Human greed knows no limits. – Nivellen

Il terrore, il terrore corre attraverso il villaggio. Inseguiti o inseguitori? Folli e crudeli per rabbia o paura? Passeranno al galoppo senza frenare i cavalli? O ben presto la notte sarà rischiarata dal fuoco dei tetti in fiamme? Zitti, zitti, bambini... Mamma, sono demoni? O è la Caccia Selvaggia? Spettri dell'inferno? Mamma, mamma! Zitti, zitti, bambini. Non sono demoni, non sono diavoli... Peggio. Sono uomini.

Time is fleeting moments, grains of sand passing through an hourglass. Time is the moments and events we so readily try to measure. But the ancient Ouroboros reminds us that in every moment, in every instant, in every event, is hidden the past, the present and the future. Eternity is hidden in every moment. Every departure is at once a return, every farewell is a greeting, every return is a parting. Everything is simultaneously a beginning and an end.

I haven't done only good in my life. But if I'm to choose between one evil and another, then I prefer not to choose at all.

In tutto il mondo l'onore è sceso di prezzo, perché al giorno d'oggi è una merce difficile da vendere

The great and grandiosely heralded feast,' began Geralt, 'was preceded by serious preparations. We had to find Milva, who'd hidden in the stables, and convince her that the fate of Ciri and almost the entire world depended on her participation in the banquet. We almost had to force her into a dress. Then we had to make Angoulême promise she would avoid saying "fuck" and "arse".

sure as eggs is eggs.

There are plenty of tapestries like that in Beauclair. The master who wove them was a true master. But he drank an awful lot. As artists do.

Da ciò si evince come la difesa più efficace dal dominio intellettuale sia insultare come si deve l'intellettuale che prova a esercitarlo.

Then you'll go hungry. Unless you change your line of work." "To what?" "Whatever. Become a priest. You wouldn't be bad at it with all your scruples, your morality, your knowledge of people and of everything. The fact that you don't believe in any gods shouldn't be a problem—I don't know many priests who do. Become a priest and stop feeling sorry for yourself.