The Witcher - The best Quotes

Don't exploit an advantage just because it emerges; wait until the optimal moment, then strike.

Kings die, realms fall, but magic endures.

Jaskier: "Actually, I've always wanted to know, do witchers ever retire?"
Geralt: "Yeah, when they slow and get killed."

I will not suffer tonight sober just because you hid your sausage in the wrong royal pantry.

Geralt: "I'm not your friend."
Jaskier: "Really? Oh, you usually just let strangers rub chamomile onto your lovely bottom?"

Chaos is the most dangerous thing in this world. It is all around us all the time. Volatile and powerful. Magic is organizing chaos.

When a humble bard
Graced a ride along
With Geralt of Rivia
Along came this song

Toss a coin to your Witcher
O Valley of Plenty!
Toss a coin to your Witcher
A friend of humanity

It's hard to make a living on the main roads.

Renfri: "People call you a monster too. Why not kill them?"
Geralt: "'Cause then I am what they say."

'What do you want?"
Yennefer: "Everything."

My world is cruel. You enter, you survive, you die.

Woman: "This place isn't safe if you’re alone."
Ciri: "Then it's the same as every other place."

Lesson number two: Know when it's time to stop moving.

Here's your first lesson: As in life, it is impossible always to be fully prepared for battle. Keep your sword close and keep moving.

Jaskier: "You smell of death and destiny, heroics and heartbreak."
Geralt: "It's onion."

A witcher is a mutant and their trait in particular is monster hunting. You are almost universally hated by every species on the continent. It's unlikely you're gonna have a cheery personality. But Gerald himself, despite his stony exterior, is actually quite good and very capable of doing bad things. Gerald isn't simply a white knight, he isn't simply a harsh monster hunter. He's an incredible blend of the two.

We wish to rule, yes. Where is the fault in that? Everyone wants to rule, and I know how to do that better than any other monarch in this city.

You can't outrun destiny just because you're terrified of it. It's coming.

An enormous grey owl landed soundlessly on the deck's railing, fluttered its wings, ruffled its feathers and turned into Philippa Eilhart, equally ruffled and wet.

Drinking alone is like shitting in company.

During his life, the witcher had met thieves who looked like town councillors, councillors who looked like beggars, harlots who looked like princesses, princesses who looked like calving cows, and kings who looked like thieves.