“And coups d’état and putsches are like green beet soup. They’re best served cold.”

— The Time of Contempt, Andrzej Sapkowski (1995)

“Samhain’s music is the gale outside! It’s the howling of werewolves and vampires, the wailing and moaning of vengeful ghosts, and ghouls grinding their teeth! The beann’shie howls and cries and whoever hears her cry is destined to die soon. Every evil spirit leaves its hideaway, witches fly to their last coven before winter! Samhain is a night of frights, of marvels and visions!”

— The Tower of Swallows p-443, Andrzej Sapkowski (1997)

“…it was said that victory in this great war is so important … because it’s the great war to end all wars.’ … ‘Look, son,’ he said at last, very seriously. ‘Evangelina Parr is sitting at the bar. She is, one must admit, large. Why, even enormous. But in spite of her size, beyond all doubt, she isn’t a whore to end all whores.”

— The Lady of the Lake p-268, Andrzej Sapkowski (1999)

“They are both—I had the impression—as slippery as turds in mayonnaise. If you know what I mean.”

— Season of Storms p-122, Andrzej Sapkowski (2018)