“Let them call me a traitor and a coward. Because I, Yarpen Zigrin, coward, traitor and renegade, state that we should not kill each other. I state that we ought to live. Live in such a way that we don't, later, have to ask anyone for forgiveness.”
― Blood of Elves
― Blood of Elves
“Our leaders are cruel because only those willing to be inordinately cruel and remorseless can hold positions of leadership in the foreign policy establishment. People capable of expressing a full human measure of compassion and empathy toward faraway powerless strangers do not become president of the United States, or vice president, or secretary of state, or national security adviser or secretary of the treasury. Nor do they want to.”
―
―
“So long, Nenneke."
"So long, Geralt. Look after yourself."
The witcher's smile was surly.
"I prefer to look after others. It turns out better in the long run.”
― The Last Wish
"So long, Geralt. Look after yourself."
The witcher's smile was surly.
"I prefer to look after others. It turns out better in the long run.”
― The Last Wish
“Humans delude themselves that they are
masters of the world, but when faced with the majority of predators on their terms, in their environments, the average human has just enough time to reconsider such thoughts before turning into a pile of entrails."
- Vesemir, The World of The Witcher”
― The World of the Witcher: Video Game Compendium
masters of the world, but when faced with the majority of predators on their terms, in their environments, the average human has just enough time to reconsider such thoughts before turning into a pile of entrails."
- Vesemir, The World of The Witcher”
― The World of the Witcher: Video Game Compendium
“It is you humans who hate anything that differs from you, be it only by the shape of its ears. That's why you took our land from us, drove us from our homes, forced us into the savage mountains.”
― The Last Wish
― The Last Wish
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