Andrzej Sapkowski

Lesser, greater, middling, it's all the same. Proportions are negotiated, boundaries blurred. I'm not a pious hermit, I haven't done only good…

— Andrzej Sapkowski

“After all,' added Sheala, pouting her lips, 'it's befallen all of us at some time. Each of us, sitting here, has been…

— Andrzej Sapkowski

“That which represents Chaos is menace, is the aggressive side. While Order is the side being threatened, in need of protection. In…

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“Night and day the streets resounded with music, song, and the clinking of chalices and tankards, for it is well known that…

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“Remember,’ she repeated, ‘magic is Chaos, Art and Science. It is a curse, a blessing and progress. It all depends on who…

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“A coward,' he declared with dignity, when he'd stopped coughing and had got his breath back, 'dies a hundred times. A brave…

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“Make use of the opportunity to have a bath yourself. I can not only guess the age and breed of your horse,…

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“Take this and put it to your nose or you’ll be covered in blood! Calmly, calmly, little one, just don’t faint. I’m…

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“Little dryads fell asleep listening raptly to the wind blowing in the trees. Little witchers fell asleep listening raptly to their aching…

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“If Elirena was a hero, if what she did is heroism, then that's just too bad. Let them call me a traitor…

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“You are an anachronistic witcher, and I'm a modern witcher, moving with the spirit of the times. Which is why you'll soon…

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“The enchanter Stammelford,’ interrupted the priest, once more taking on the tone and poise of an academic lecturer, ‘once moved a mountain…

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“In Cintra, as she remembered, an attractive man was one whose head reached the ceiling, whose shoulders were as broad as a…

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“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.”…

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You've a right to believe that we're governed by Nature and the hidden Force within her. You can think that the gods,…

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“Because the people are ignorant, stupid, and easy to manipulate," Skellen finished the sentence, after he had himself a sneeze. "You need…

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“Fringilla' he answered after a while. 'You're a woman a man can only dream about. My Fault, my only fault, is that…

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“Kings,” continued Calanthe, “divide people into two categories—those they order around, and those they buy—because they adhere to the old and banal…

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“It is better to go forward without a goal, than to have a goal and stay in one place, and it is…

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“And why not?' the merchant replied seriously. 'Why not have doubts? It's nothing but a human and good thing'. 'What?' 'Doubt. Only…

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“I don't believe in Melitele, don't believe in the existence of other gods either, but I respect your choice, your sacrifice. Your…

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“In normal gaols the inmates were still traditionally separated according to sex. In military citadels it was different. Emperor Fergus var Emreis…

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People like to invent monsters and monstrosities. Then they seem less monstrous themselves. When they get blind-drunk, cheat, steal, beat their wives,…

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“Geralt . . . Listen to me—’ ‘Listen to what?’ shouted the Witcher, before his voice suddenly faltered. ‘I can’t leave— I…

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“Fifty for a werewolf. That was plenty, for the work had been easy. The werewolf hadn’t even fought back. Driven into a…

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“Everywhere you are a stranger.’ Finished Iskra with seeming carelessness, and quickly and unceremoniously placed a beret with turkey feathers on her…

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“Madam Yennefer, Forgive me. I'm riding to Hirundum because I want to see Geralt. I want to see him before I start…

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“If i understand correctly, he said, I'm to fight the duel because, if I refuse, I'll be hanged. If I fight I'm…

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“And so,' smiled the Witcher, 'I have no choice? I have to enter into a pact with you, a pact which should…

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“They were caring and tender and, although neither quite knew what caring and tenderness were, they succeeded because they very much wanted…

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“Jeśli dobrze rozumiem - powiedział - mam stanąć do pojedynku, bo jeżeli odmówię, to mnie powieszą. Jeśli będę walczył, to mam pozwolić,…

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“Why didn't you become a sorcerer, Geralt? Weren't you ever attracted by the Art? Be honest.' 'I will. I was.' 'Why, then,…

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“The sun shines differently, the air is different, water is not as it used to be. The things we used to eat,…

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“The elf nodded. From her saddlebow, she took a lute, a marvelous instrument of light, tastefully inlaid wood with a slender, engraved…

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“The Witcher had a knife to his throat. He was wallowing in a wooden tub, brimfull with soapsuds, his head thrown agains…

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“- A ty? Ty nie miewasz już snów? - Miewam - powiedział z goryczą. - Ale od przekroczenia Jarugi bardzo rzadko. I…

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“Evil is evil, Stregobor,” said the witcher seriously as he got up. “Lesser, greater, middling, it's all the same. Proportions are negotiated,…

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“I'm riding with them because I am a servile golem. Because I'm a wisp of oakum blown by the wind along the…

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“My thoughts, dear Falka' he said a moment later, 'may not be decent, may not be nice, and they are obviously not…

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“And you? Don't you have dreams now?' 'I do,' he said bitterly. 'But seldom since we crossed the Yaruga. And I remember…

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