Shawn

“In every religion, among the people who believe in it and fight for it, there is one Francis of Assisi to a legion of Brother Arnulphs.”
― Andrzej Sapkowski, Narrenturm

“And you know each other, you say?'
'As sure as eggs is eggs,' the goliard confirmed cheerfully. 'After all, I know his name, and he mine. He knows I'm called Tybald Raabe. Go on, m'lord Reinmar, what's my name?'
'Tybald Raabe'
'See?”
― Andrzej Sapkowski, Narrenturm

“I don’t feel anything, he noticed with horror, nothing, not the smallest
emotion. That fact that I will embrace her is a deliberate, measured
response, not a spontaneous one. I’ll hug her, for I feel as though I ought
to, not because I want to. I feel nothing.
When he embraced her, she stopped crying immediately, wiped away
her tears, shaking her head forcefully and turning away so that he could
not see her face. And then she pressed herself to him firmly, burying her
head in his chest.
A little sacrifice, he thought, just a little sacrifice. For this will calm
her, a hug, a kiss, calm caresses. She doesn’t want anything more. And
even if she did, what of it?”
― Andrzej Sapkowski, Sword of Destiny

“My answer would just be a
word. A word which doesn’t express a feeling, doesn’t express an
emotion, because I’m bereft of them. A word which would be nothing
but the sound made when you strike a cold, empty skull.”
― Andrzej Sapkowski, Sword of Destiny