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“People," Geralt turned his head, "like to invent monsters and monstrosities. Then they seem less monstrous themselves. When they get blind-drunk, cheat, steal, beat their wives, starve an old woman, when they kill a trapped fox with an axe or riddle the last existing unicorn with arrows, they like to think that the Bane entering cottages at daybreak is more monstrous than they are. They feel better then. They find it easier to live.”
― Andrzej Sapkowski, The Last Wish

“Strach jeńca był dla niego miarą człowieczeństwa, z jaką należało go traktować. Innymi słowy: miarą współczucia, jakie w normalnych warunkach powinien zbudzić. Instynktowna reakcja dziecka natury.”
― Vaino Linna

“You’ve mistaken the stars reflected on the surface of the lake at night for the heavens.”
― Andrzej Sapkowski, Blood of Elves

“He who is brave and patient enough to peer into the darkness his whole life will be first to see a flicker of light in it.”
― Dmitry Glukhovsky, Metro 2033