Geralt of Rivia quotes from The Witcher

Geralt

Ma? Come closer. I want you to look at me. How do you like my eyes? Do you know Visenna, what they do to a Witcher to improve his eyes?

Stop it.

Geralt

Do you know that it doesn't always work?

Stop it, Geralt.

Geralt

You don't get to use that name. Vesemir gave me that name. (Pauses) I need to know why.

No answer will give you what you want.

Geralt

Three out of ten boys survive the trial. Tell me, at least, you didn't know this before you left me on his doorstep?

It's time to sleep. There's Valerian in the medicine.

Geralt

You trusted destiny, rather than trying to find me yourself.

Don't ask any more questions.

Geralt

Why?

The answers will only hurt us both. It's time to move on Geralt. It's time for you to find what you let go of.

Geralt

You going to tell me what happened to you?

That's a tale requiring wine. What of you?

Geralt

That's a tale requiring a wine cellar.

Geralt

Fear is an illness. If you catch it and leave it untreated, it can consume you.

Ciri

How do you treat it?

Geralt

You face it. Facing your fear is not easy. But I am here for you. I won't let anything happen to you.

Geralt

Training is dangerous.

Ciri

So is the man with the black winged helmet.

Geralt

(Pauses) And you want to kill him?

Ciri

Yes.

Geralt

Why?

Ciri

I hate him.

Geralt

This is important. We don't kill out of fear. We kill to save lives. Do you understand?

Geralt

What are you doing?

Ciri

Geralt.

She's meant to be. To rebuild us.

Geralt

She is not. She's a girl, all you'll do is poison her.

She can do this.

Ciri

I made him do it, Geralt. (Geralt unchains Ciri) Stop, I wanted him to try. Geralt, stop!

Geralt

Did you not think of the consequences? What if you were killed?

Ciri

Stop. Stop! All I ever think about are consequences. No matter how hard I train, no matter what I do, it'll never be enough.

Geralt

You are already enough, Cirilla. You are extraordinary.

Ciri

I want to be like you, Geralt. I want to be indifferent to the past, to the lies, to the things I've done. Please. Let me have that.

Geralt

That is not how it works. Neither you nor I can just forget who we are. We can't kill our feelings. Our best chance, is to kill the hatred that we may hold onto and move on.

Jaskier

Good sir, you would not know talent if I shoved it up your... Geralt.

Jaskier

...Fuck it.

Geralt

I've missed you, too.

Geralt

Yarpen Zigrin. Your aim's gone to shit.

Yarpen

Well if it isn't the white fucking wolf and the big fucking mouth! (Both shake hands and turns to comrades) Put your weapons down! Numpty arseholes. This is an old friend.

Jaskier

Friends, plural. Julian Alfred Pankratz, Viscount de-

Yarpen

Yeah! I know! (Takes axe back from Jaskier)

Geralt

I thought ignoring Ciri's existence would make everything better. I was wrong.

Jaskier

And what about Yennefer?

Geralt

If she's hurt Ciri, I may just have to kill her.

Jaskier

Oh no well, obviously we'll kill her. We'll definitely going to kill her, I just haven't found a good enough jabbing stick yet. But what if she's changed too? Look, people do stupid things when they think they're trapped in a corner, Geralt. And they say stupid things. That's what friends do. They come back.

Geralt

This is different. And I'm sorry, Jaskier.

Jaskier

Oh you are so emotional! I mean, it's just yap, yap, yap with you sometimes. (mocking Geralt) "Oh, Jaskier, I'm so sad and complicated!"

Geralt

Shut up, Jaskier.

Jaskier

You shut up. That's a perfect impression of you, by the way.

Geralt

You're whole again.

Yennefer

I felt it come back when I... I...

Geralt

When you sacrificed yourself for Ciri.

Yennefer

A sacrifice I'd make again, in a heartbeat.

Geralt

I don't forgive you Yennifer.

Yennefer

I know I've hurt you. Yet I can't help but wish it could begin again.

Geralt

Use your knowledge of magic to train the girl. You're the only person who's helped her control her powers.

Yennefer

As if I'd trust anyone else with her.

Geralt

(Pauses) Villentretenmerth told us we were made for each other, destined for each other. And that nothing would come of it, because destiny alone isn't sufficient. Something more is needed. She is something more.

Ciri

Everytime I think I move forward, there's this force bringing me back into darkness. I'm just tired, Geralt.

Geralt

I'm tired too, Ciri. But what of it? Life goes on. Us three, we'll help each other. What is destined cannot be avoided.

Yennefer

And it shouldn't be.

Ciri

(Enters room finely dressed) What do you think?

Geralt

(Sighing) I think you need to hide your hair and mask your eyes.

Ciri

(Hurt) Would it kill you to say, "You look lovely"? (Storms away)

Geralt

Ciri. I knew this was a bad idea.

Geralt

(Speechless and pauses) You look lovely.

Geralt, my friend. A time of contempt is approaching. Deep and utter contempt. My proposition is a simple solution, someone has to die so someone else can live.

Geralt

I will not pay for what I love by having contempt for myself.