Quotes from Andrzej Sapkowski

And why not?' the merchant replied seriously. 'Why not have doubts? It's nothing but a human and good thing'. 'What?' 'Doubt. Only an evil man, master Geralt, is without it. And no one escapes his destiny'.

When there's hunger you don't share out your food, you just devour the weakest ones. This practice works among wolves, since it lets the healthiest and strongest individuals survive. But among sentient races selection of that kind usually allows the biggest bastards to survive and dominate the rest.

We know little about love. Love is like a pear. A pear is sweet and has a distinct shape. Try to define the shape of a pear. Dandelion

Well, we're afeared. And what of it? Do we sit down and weep and tremble? Life must go on. And what will be, will be. What is destined can't be avoided, in any case.

She also possessed a very expertly stuffed unicorn, on whose back she liked to make love. Geralt was of the opinion that if there existed a place less suitable for having sex it was probably only the back of a live unicorn.

But every dream, if dreamed too long, turns into a nightmare. And we awake from such dreams screaming.

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.

Do you want to break Roach's back?' 'Is it Roach? Roach was a bay, and she's a chestnut.' 'All of my horses are called Roach.

But you should act, be brave, seize life by the scruff of the neck. Believe me, little one, you should only regret inactivity, indecisiveness, hesitation. You shouldn't regret actions or decisions, even if they occasionally end in sadness and regret.

Cats like sleeping and resting on intersections. There are many stories about magical animals but really, apart from the dragon, the cat is the only creature which can absorb the force. No one knows why a cat absorbs it and what it does with it...

Don't you think"—he smiled—"that my lack of faith makes such a trance pointless?" "No, I don't. And do you know why?" "No." Nenneke leaned over and looked him in the eyes with a strange smile on her pale lips. "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 story is a largely false account of largely trivial events, fed to us by historians who are largely idiots.

And if someone has friends, and he loses everything in spite of that, it's obvious the friends are to blame. For what they did, or for what they didn't do.

Nature doesn't know the concept of philosophy, Geralt of Rivia. 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.

Aridea quite often turned to the Mirror—' 'With the usual question, I take it,' interrupted Geralt. '"Who is the fairest of them all?" I know; all Nehalenia's Mirrors are either polite or broken.

Life, it turns out, isn't poetry! And do you know why? Because it's so resistant to criticism!

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.

If the ability to make use of experience and draw conclusions decided, we would have forgotten what war is a long time ago. But those whose goal is war have never been held back, nor will be, by experience or analogy.

Strzyg, wi­wern, en­driag i wil­koÅ'aków wkrótce nie bÄ™dzie na Å›wiecie. A skurwysyny bÄ™dÄ… zaw­sze.

I thought I was choosing the lesser evil. I chose the lesser evil. Lesser evil! I'm Geralt! Witcher…I'm the Butcher of Blaviken—

It's good to feel fear. If you feel fear it means there's something to be feared, so be vigilant. Fear doesn't have to be overcome. Just don't yield to it. And you can learn from it.

There's a grain of truth in every fairy tale.. Love and blood. They both posses 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

Ale, miÄ™dzy nami, nie rób przy niej tego, co ostatnim razem, podczas kolacji. - Idzie ci o to, ?e rzuciÅ'em widelcem w szczura? - Nie. Idzie mi o to, ?e trafiÅ'eÅ›, chocia? byÅ'o ciemno. - MyÅ›laÅ'em, ?e to bÄ™dzie zabawne.

Nie damy rady zrobi? du?o wi?cej, ni? b?dziemy w stanie. Ale postarajmy si? wszyscy, ?eby to nie by?o du?o mniej