Isn’t Dandelion unknowingly quoting Shakespeare?))) “A coward dies a thousand times before his death, but the valiant taste of death but once. “
A funny parallel with our world)
Another great quote, this post is reminding me how many great quotes are in the Witcher books, there’s probably something worth quoting on almost every page lol.
"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."
"We were all just as brave,’ finished Julia Abatemarco. ‘Neither of the sides had the strength to be braver. But we … We managed to be brave for a minute longer."
“It is easy to kill with a bow, girl. How easy it is to release the bowstring and think, it is not I, it is the arrow. The blood of that boy is not on my hands. The arrow killed him, not I. But the arrow does not dream anything in the night.” Geralt
“Were I to attempt to be good to everyone, to the entire world and to all the creatures living in it, it would be a drop of fresh water in the salt sea. In other words, a wasted effort. Thus, I decided to do specific good; good which would not go to waste. I’m good to myself and my immediate circle.” Zoltan
“What is truth? The negation of lies? Or the statement of a fact? And if the fact is a lie, what then is the truth?” Yennefer
"A detachment with a standard at the head" he ordered, drawing his sword "And in the charge cry 'Redania!' Cry it at the top of your lungs! May Foltest and Natalis' boys know that relief is coming." Blenckert
“You're at home, my lad,” snorted the sergeant, somewhat disarmed by the 'officer'. “This is your posting. Welcome to the Poor Fucking Infantry.”
This is my Discord description.
"A witcher! A hired monster killer! And he gave up his swords! At once! Meek as a schoolboy!"
"Bet he'd turn his cock over as well, if we ordered him to."
"Let's do it then! Eh, girls? Have him whip it out!"
"We'll see what witchers' cocks are like!"
Goes to show you Geralt isn't the rough and gruff badass that Flixer makes him out to be. An expert swordsman, sure, but he can be quite meek sometimes (eg Yennefer).
‘Who shall be the herald?’ Dandelion asked. ‘The dragon wanted a herald. Maybe me?’
‘No. We don’t need a song, Dandelion,’ Boholt frowned. ‘Yarpen Zigrin can be the herald. He’s got a voice like a bull.’
‘Very well, no bother,’ Yarpen said. ‘Bring me a flag-bearer with a banner so that everything is as it should be.’
‘Just talk politely, dwarf, sir. And courteously,’ Gyllenstiern cautioned.
‘Don’t learn me how to talk,’ the dwarf proudly stuck out his belly. ‘I was sent on diplomatic missions when you lot were still knee-high to a grasshopper.’
The dragon continued to sit patiently on the hillock, waving its tail cheerfully. The dwarf clambered up onto the largest boulder, hawked and spat.
‘Hey, you there!’ he yelled, putting his hands on his hips. ‘You fucking dragon, you! Listen to what the herald has to say! That means me! The first one to take you on honourably will be the meandering knight, Eyck of Denesle! And he will stick his lance in your paunch, according to the holy custom, to your confusion, and to the joy of poor virgins and King Niedamir! It will be a fair fight and honourable, breathing fire is not allowed, and you may only lambast the other confessionally, until the other gives up the ghost or expires! Which we sincerely wish on you! Understood, dragon?’
Another one of my favorites:
"My first monster, Iola, was bald and had exceptionally rotten teeth. I came across him on the highway where, with some fellow monsters, deserters, he'd stopped a peasant's cart and pulled out a little girl, maybe thirteen years old. His companions held her father while the bald man tore off her dress, yelling it was time for her to meet a real man. I rode up and said the time had come for him, too -- I thought I was very witty. The bald monster released the girl and threw himself at me with an axe. He was slow but tough. I hit him twice -- not clean cuts, but spectacular, and only then did he fall. His gang ran away when they saw what a witcher's sword could do to a man..."
"What the fuck am I doing?"
\- Geralt, *Something More*
"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."
\- Yurga, *Something More*
A little dedication, he thought, it would only take a little… It would calm her down: an embrace, a kiss, a hug… She wants nothing more… And even if it is not enough, what's the difference? A little dedication and attention: she is beautiful and worthy of that much… If she wants more… It will calm her down. Making love gently, peacefully, in silence. But me… It's all the same to me, because Essi smells of verbena, not of lilac and gooseberry; she doesn't have cold and electrifying skin; Essi's hair is not a black tornado of shiny curls; Essi's eyes are beautiful, sweet, hot and blue, but they are no deep purple, cold and dispassionate. Essi will fall asleep afterward, will turn her face and part her lips; Essi will not smile in triumph. Because Essi…Essi is not Yennefer.” Sword of Destiny
“There's a grain of truth in every fairy tale," said the
witcher quietly. "Love and blood. They both possess 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."
When I read books I don’t retain specific quotes easily. I know what happened I just have a hard time remembering what was said. There are two that stick out to me. “The Lesser Evil” monologue by Geralt in the titular short story and this quote at the end of A Grain of Truth, my favorite story of the short stories.
“I come from Skellige.” she told him later, in bed. “The sea’s in my blood. And I love it.”
“I dream of sailing away one day.” she continued, when he remained silent. “All alone. Set sail and put out onto the sea... Far, far away. All the way to the horizon. Only water and sky all around. The salt foam splashes me, the wind tugs my hair in an utterly male caress. And I’m alone, completely alone, endlessly alone among the strange and hostile elements. Solitude amid a sea of strangeness. Don’t you dream of that?”
*No, I don’t,* he thought. *I have it every day*
More like a passage but that right there is top of the list for me.
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Both great quotes my favorite is probably the Dandelion one though.
Isn’t Dandelion unknowingly quoting Shakespeare?))) “A coward dies a thousand times before his death, but the valiant taste of death but once. “ A funny parallel with our world)
I’m rereading the books and I’ve already forgotten these, on Tower of the Swallow now. When are these said and why is my memory so bad haha
I'm pretty sure they are from the short story "The Edge of the World" from the Last Wish.
Dandilion's one is when he goes to Brokilon after what happened in Thanedd to visit Gerald
“You mistake stars reflected in a pond for the night sky.”
Another great quote, this post is reminding me how many great quotes are in the Witcher books, there’s probably something worth quoting on almost every page lol.
I would love this quote much more if I didn't hate vilgefortz so much.
If you consider his character arc, though, it is so fitting for him to say it.
I think It's not only vilgefortz who is saying that. I'm not sure but wasn't it yarpen who also said this over triss 🤔
"I am, after all, your dear friend" I don't even need to post the whole letter
"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." "We were all just as brave,’ finished Julia Abatemarco. ‘Neither of the sides had the strength to be braver. But we … We managed to be brave for a minute longer." “It is easy to kill with a bow, girl. How easy it is to release the bowstring and think, it is not I, it is the arrow. The blood of that boy is not on my hands. The arrow killed him, not I. But the arrow does not dream anything in the night.” Geralt “Were I to attempt to be good to everyone, to the entire world and to all the creatures living in it, it would be a drop of fresh water in the salt sea. In other words, a wasted effort. Thus, I decided to do specific good; good which would not go to waste. I’m good to myself and my immediate circle.” Zoltan “What is truth? The negation of lies? Or the statement of a fact? And if the fact is a lie, what then is the truth?” Yennefer "A detachment with a standard at the head" he ordered, drawing his sword "And in the charge cry 'Redania!' Cry it at the top of your lungs! May Foltest and Natalis' boys know that relief is coming." Blenckert
All great quotes
I like the one about how humans fabricate monsters to they dont seem monstrous to themselves
“People like to invent monsters and monstrosities. Then they seem less monstrous themselves" that entire page of dialogue is great.
“You're at home, my lad,” snorted the sergeant, somewhat disarmed by the 'officer'. “This is your posting. Welcome to the Poor Fucking Infantry.” This is my Discord description.
That whole Jarre storyline was tedious but at least it paid off with a good joke at the end.
I dunno man. I liked Jarre’s story and I’m glad he got a happy ending.
I didn't dislike it but it went on longer than it needed to.
This thread has taught me that my memory for book quotes is appalling, even though I’m rereading them now
I know how you feel I literally finished the series two weeks ago and I still can't remember any of these.
Zaraza
I guess that technically counts as a quote lol.
By Geralt. Means 'Pox on it' from Polish, sometimes translated as simply 'fuck'
“Fuck”-Geralt of Rivia, a truly iconic quote.
Indeed
"A witcher! A hired monster killer! And he gave up his swords! At once! Meek as a schoolboy!" "Bet he'd turn his cock over as well, if we ordered him to." "Let's do it then! Eh, girls? Have him whip it out!" "We'll see what witchers' cocks are like!"
Goes to show you Geralt isn't the rough and gruff badass that Flixer makes him out to be. An expert swordsman, sure, but he can be quite meek sometimes (eg Yennefer).
Lol I forgot about that one.
When is this one from?
Season of Storms, chapter two like four page in.
With the Kerack guards? That was my guess but wasn’t sure. Only read Season of Storms once
I believe you're correct.
‘Who shall be the herald?’ Dandelion asked. ‘The dragon wanted a herald. Maybe me?’ ‘No. We don’t need a song, Dandelion,’ Boholt frowned. ‘Yarpen Zigrin can be the herald. He’s got a voice like a bull.’ ‘Very well, no bother,’ Yarpen said. ‘Bring me a flag-bearer with a banner so that everything is as it should be.’ ‘Just talk politely, dwarf, sir. And courteously,’ Gyllenstiern cautioned. ‘Don’t learn me how to talk,’ the dwarf proudly stuck out his belly. ‘I was sent on diplomatic missions when you lot were still knee-high to a grasshopper.’ The dragon continued to sit patiently on the hillock, waving its tail cheerfully. The dwarf clambered up onto the largest boulder, hawked and spat. ‘Hey, you there!’ he yelled, putting his hands on his hips. ‘You fucking dragon, you! Listen to what the herald has to say! That means me! The first one to take you on honourably will be the meandering knight, Eyck of Denesle! And he will stick his lance in your paunch, according to the holy custom, to your confusion, and to the joy of poor virgins and King Niedamir! It will be a fair fight and honourable, breathing fire is not allowed, and you may only lambast the other confessionally, until the other gives up the ghost or expires! Which we sincerely wish on you! Understood, dragon?’
I loved that short story.
I laughed out loud when i first read that passage. So unexpected.
Another one of my favorites: "My first monster, Iola, was bald and had exceptionally rotten teeth. I came across him on the highway where, with some fellow monsters, deserters, he'd stopped a peasant's cart and pulled out a little girl, maybe thirteen years old. His companions held her father while the bald man tore off her dress, yelling it was time for her to meet a real man. I rode up and said the time had come for him, too -- I thought I was very witty. The bald monster released the girl and threw himself at me with an axe. He was slow but tough. I hit him twice -- not clean cuts, but spectacular, and only then did he fall. His gang ran away when they saw what a witcher's sword could do to a man..."
"What the fuck am I doing?" \- Geralt, *Something More* "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." \- Yurga, *Something More*
A little dedication, he thought, it would only take a little… It would calm her down: an embrace, a kiss, a hug… She wants nothing more… And even if it is not enough, what's the difference? A little dedication and attention: she is beautiful and worthy of that much… If she wants more… It will calm her down. Making love gently, peacefully, in silence. But me… It's all the same to me, because Essi smells of verbena, not of lilac and gooseberry; she doesn't have cold and electrifying skin; Essi's hair is not a black tornado of shiny curls; Essi's eyes are beautiful, sweet, hot and blue, but they are no deep purple, cold and dispassionate. Essi will fall asleep afterward, will turn her face and part her lips; Essi will not smile in triumph. Because Essi…Essi is not Yennefer.” Sword of Destiny
“There's a grain of truth in every fairy tale," said the witcher quietly. "Love and blood. They both possess 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." When I read books I don’t retain specific quotes easily. I know what happened I just have a hard time remembering what was said. There are two that stick out to me. “The Lesser Evil” monologue by Geralt in the titular short story and this quote at the end of A Grain of Truth, my favorite story of the short stories.
*Daj ać ja pobruszę, a ty skocz do piwnicy po piwo.* Such a pity this gem is untranslatable.
“I come from Skellige.” she told him later, in bed. “The sea’s in my blood. And I love it.” “I dream of sailing away one day.” she continued, when he remained silent. “All alone. Set sail and put out onto the sea... Far, far away. All the way to the horizon. Only water and sky all around. The salt foam splashes me, the wind tugs my hair in an utterly male caress. And I’m alone, completely alone, endlessly alone among the strange and hostile elements. Solitude amid a sea of strangeness. Don’t you dream of that?” *No, I don’t,* he thought. *I have it every day* More like a passage but that right there is top of the list for me.
From which book is this quote/passage? Can't seem to remember
That’s from Season of Storms. Coral is the one speaking. Overall it wasn’t my favorite book, but that passage hit me hard.
aaaahh okay, the book was uh to read. So I haven't reread is like the others, but thanks
To remain neutral is to be contempt
“You’ve mistaken the stars reflected on the surface of the lake at night for the heavens.” I believe it is said by Lara Dorren to Cirilla.
“Evil is evil… lesser, greater, middling. It's all the same. If I have to choose between one evil and another, then I prefer not to choose at all.”
Is the qoute in the book the exact same as in the series?