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Men are psychologically unstable, too prone to emotions; not to be relied upon in moments of crisis.”
Ambition is the undoing of men. They always want what they know to be impossible and unattainable. And they are unaware of the attainable.”
“What about me?” Dandelion asked. “What should I do?” “The same as usual. Nothing.”
“What will be, will be.
Life differs from banking because it has debts which are paid off by running up debts with others.”
“Ignorance”—Regis smiled—“is no justification for ill-conceived actions. When one doesn’t know or has doubts it’s best to seek advice…”
“Your mutated race is capable of regenerating its fingernails, toenails, hair and epidermis, but is unable to accept the fact that other races are more advanced in that respect. That inability is not the result of your primitiveness. Quite the opposite: it’s a result of egotism and a conviction in your own perfection. Anything that is more perfect than you must be a repulsive aberration. And repulsive aberrations are consigned to myths, for sociological reasons.”
when mutation is spread over a sufficiently long period it ceases to be mutation and becomes evolution.
It’s obvious that only the woman can make a decision like that. It’s her inalienable right.
And so it was that a witcher and a Nilfgaardian roared savagely, whirled their swords and leapt forward together without a second thought—two brothers in arms, two allies and comrades—in an encounter with their common foe, in an uneven battle. And that was their baptism of fire. A baptism of shared fighting, fury, madness and death. They were going to their deaths, the two of them.
