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It is, furthermore, a splendid antidepressant.” “How so?” “You eat a big pot of sauerkraut, drink a jug of sour milk… and soon afterwards depression becomes the least of your worries. You forget about depression. Sometimes for a long time.
Which was why he knew that declarations about their safety could be classified along with such statements as: “my little dog doesn’t bite,” “my son’s a good boy,” “this stew’s fresh,” “I’ll give you the money back the day after tomorrow at the latest,” “he was only getting something out of my eye,” “the good of the fatherland comes before everything,” and “just answer a few questions and you’re free to go.”
Anxiety is never irrational, Geralt thought to himself. Aside from psychological disturbances. It was one of the first things novice witchers were taught. It’s good to feel fear. If you feel fear it means there’s something to be feared, so be vigilant. Fear doesn’t have to be overcome. Just don’t yield to it. And you can learn from it.
Love this.
Because of demand, charcoal burning is a lucrative job, and economics, Witcher, is like nature and abhors a vacuum.
he was still alive, and where there’s life there’s hope,
The miracle that the aguara didn’t attack you earlier shows indeed that fortune favours fools.
the more harm happens to idiots, the greater the benefits to the judicious.”
“Swords injure. And kill.” “So does life.
If people pay for something they believe in it: whatever is paid for becomes real and legal. The more expensive, the better.”
It was as you said: what you used to be means more to people than what you are.
My gleam penetrates the darkness, my brightness disperses the gloom.
“Darkness still exists,” he agreed. “In spite of the progress being made which we’re told to believe will light up the gloom, eliminate threats and drive away fears. Until now, progress hasn’t achieved great success in that field. Until now, all progress has done is to persuade us that darkness is only a glimmering superstition, that there’s nothing to be afraid of. But it’s not true. There are things to be afraid of. Because darkness will always, always exist. And Evil will always rampage in the darkness, there will always be fangs and claws, killing and blood in the darkness. And witchers
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May they appear with sword in hand. A sword whose gleam will penetrate the darkness, a sword whose brightness disperses the gloom. A pretty fairy tale, isn’t it? And it ends well, as every fairy tale should.”
In the context of the entire saga and its final events, this induced goosebumps.
