Andrzej Sapkowski
"You can't stop a soldier from being frightened but you can give him motivation to help him overcome that fear. I have no such motivation. I can't have. I'm a witcher: an artificially created mutant. I kill monsters for money. I defend children when their parents pay me to. If Nilfgaardian parents pay me, I'll defend Nilfgaardian children. And even if the world lies in ruin - which does not seem likely to me - I'll carry on killing monsters in the ruins of this world until some monster kills me. That is my fate, my reason, my life and my attitude to the world. And it is not what I chose. It was chosen for me."
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"You can't stop a soldier from being frightened but you can give him motivation to help him overcome that fear. I have no such motivation. I can't have. I'm a witcher: an artificially created mutant. I kill monsters for money. I defend children when their parents pay me to. If Nilfgaardian parents pay me, I'll defend Nilfgaardian children. And even if the world lies in ruin - which does not seem likely to me - I'll carry on killing monsters in the ruins of this world until some monster kills me. That is my fate, my reason, my life and my attitude to the world. And it is not what I chose. It was chosen for me."
"لا تستطيع أن تحول دون خوف الجندي، لكن بوسعك أن تمنحه دافعًا يعينه على قهر ذلك الخوف. ليس لدي دافع كهذا، ولا يسعني امتلاكه. أنا وِيتشر: مسخٌ مُخلّقٌ اصطناعيًا. أفتك بالوحوش لقاء أجر. أحمي الأطفال متى ما دفع لي ذووهم. وإن دفع لي ذوو أطفال نيلفغارد، سأحميهم. وحتى لو آل العالم إلى الخراب – وهو أمر لا أراه مرجحًا – فسأستمر في قتل الوحوش بين أنقاضه حتى يقتلني وحشٌ ما. هذا هو قدري، وعلتي، وحياتي، وموقفي من العالم. وليس هذا ما اخترته. بل اختير لي."
Andrzej Sapkowski
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"And why not' the merchant replied seriously. 'Why not have doubts? It's nothing but a human and good thing'.'What''Doubt. Only an evil man, master Geralt, is without it. And no one escapes his destiny'."
"ولِمَ لا؟" أجاب التاجر بجدية. "لِمَ لا يساور المرء الشك؟ إنه ليس سوى أمرٍ إنسانيٍّ وخيّر."
"ماذا؟"
"الشكّ. لا يخلو منه إلا الشرير، يا سيد جيرالت. ولا يفرّ أحدٌ من قدره."
Andrzej Sapkowski
"... But first appearances are often deceptive. Not everything monstrous looking is evil, and not everything fair is good...and in every fairytale, there is a grain of truth."
Andrzej Sapkowski
"The sword of destiny has two edges. You are one of them."
Andrzej Sapkowski
"He knew that the disdain for death and crazy courage of youngsters stemmed from a lack of imagination."
Andrzej Sapkowski
"Only death can finish the fight, everything else only interrupts the fighting."
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