Baptism of Fire (The Witcher, #3)

by Andrzej Sapkowski

Men are psychologically unstable, too prone to emotions; not to be relied upon in moments of crisis.”

magic is too important a matter to entrust its fate to men.”

Life, it turns out, isn’t poetry! And do you know why? Because it’s so resistant to criticism!”

In this rotten world, Zoltan Chivay, goodness, honesty and integrity become deeply engraved in the memory.”