The Tower of the Swallow (The Witcher, #6)

by Andrzej Sapkowski

THE TOWER OF THE SWALLOW ANDRZEJ SAPKOWSKI Translated by David French GOLLANCZ LONDON

He had the annoying habit of giving statements and truths with the tone and expression of a prophet, to which we swiftly stopped reacting, since the statements he gave were either genuine truths, or sounded like the truth, or could not be proved, which, in essence, amounted to the same thing.

We set off in a great procession which contained everything: young women, forest beekeepers, fur trappers, women, children, young women, domestic livestock, household paraphernalia, and young women. And a hell of a lot of honey. Everything was sticky from the honey, even the girls.

better to go forward without an aim than loiter without an aim,