Yennefer of Vengerberg quotes from The Witcher

Yennefer of Vengerberg

I've never been shy a day in my life.

Yennefer

You should've let me die. At least I had control over that.

Tissaia de Vries

Oh that's adorable, piglet. You weren't taking control. You were losing it.

Tissaia de Vries

What you did there was pathetic and dangerous.

Yennefer

Felt pretty powerful to me.

Tissaia de Vries

There are mages like Sabrina who ignore their emotions. And then there are mages like us who are consumed by them.

Yennefer

Like us...

Geralt of Rivia

That's cheating.

Yennefer of Vengerberg

Nobody smart plays fair.

Tissaia

We will fortify the keep until they arrive. That's the strategy.

Yennefer

A military strategy. We're mages, damn powerful ones.

Does Nilfgaard really believe they can take the whole continent?

Yennefer

They've been collecting soldiers, occupying territories, letting loose their beliefs like an epidemic. Istredd was telling me.

You saw Is?

Yennefer

I saw it first hand in Nazair. Nilfgaard take people down to their worst, then give them something to cling to. Even if it's shitty ale.

Tissaia

That's why we're here. Because sometimes it's not shitty ale. Sometimes it's a bed in a pigpen. You have to make a choice to fight back.

Tissaia

The ale won't disappoint. We should enjoy it while we can.

Yennefer

It's the first thing Nilfgaard will destroy.

Tissaia

Must you always be so fatalistic?

Yennefer

It's only appropriate, seeing as we might die.

Tissaia

All the more reason to live tonight.

Yennefer

Mmm, like you.

Tissaia

So, are you ready? To die?

Yennefer

Yes, I've lived two or three lifetimes already.

Tissaia

But you haven't been satisfied in any of them.

Yennefer

I've tried. But I've no legacy to leave behind. No family. It's time to accept that life has no more to give.

Tissaia

(Pauses before walking away) You still have so much left to give.

Yennefer

You're alive.

Tissaia

(Weakly) Yennefer...

Yennefer

Sabrina needs your help. We all do. (Tissaia falls to the ground) No, no! The Northern Kingdoms are close. We can't give up. You... you saved me. I won't ever forget that.

Tissaia

It's your turn... to save these people, this Continent. This is your legacy.

Tissaia

You can! Everything you have ever felt, everything you've buried... Forget the bottle. Let your chaos explode.

Filavandrel

My people turned to Francesca after I failed to beat Calanthe, they needed faith.

Yennefer

Faith's a simple medicine for desperate souls.

Faith sustains us all in dark times.

Yennefer

Bard.

Jaskier

Witch. What are you doing here? And what fresh hell did you just crawl out of?

Yennefer

A sewer. What's your excuse?

Jaskier

Oh a sewer, I always knew you were a bloodsucking, joyless- (Yennifer hugs him) Hugger? Hugging, we are hugging.

Yennefer

I miss the days when my biggest problem was an ever-present, sing-songy twit.

Yennefer

You're the Sandpiper.

Jaskier

What? No. Yes. No. How do you know that name?

Yennefer

You pick up a thing or two when you're in hiding.

Jaskier

You're in hiding? Because you're part elf... Yennefer, I completely forgot. I'm so sorry. I would not wish that fate on my worst enemy, and yes, you are firmly lodged in that category, it has to be said, but what they've done to you and your people is unspeakable. But some people are speaking. There are anonymous benefactors behind the scenes, helping me, helping us, helping us to make this right.

Yennefer

Why help? What's in it for you?

Jaskier

I was at the great oak Bleobheris when it was raided. The Seat of Friendship, the druids called it. Where every free thinker was welcome, no matter their race, their creed... they'll come for the elves, Yennefer, they'll come for the Dwarves. And sooner or later, they will come for everyone. Anyone that they deem the "other", so eventually, no artist is safe.

Yennefer

(After Cahir walks in) He's with me, it's okay. I need to get to Cintra. The both of us.

Jaskier

Well, I'll do what I can. But know this. You, you both... smell truly awful. I mean, it is like something has crawled up your arses and died. So... we leave Oxenfurt at nightfall. Plenty of time to take a bath before then. Just sayin'.

Yennefer

What? (Jaskier gives a look) What?

Jaskier

What happened to you?

Yennefer

You'll have to be more specific, I've lived a long life. (Jaskier raises eyebrows and looks again) (sighing) Chaos appears to be done with me.

Jaskier

You've lost your magic? Is that even possible?

Yennefer

Go on, get your gloating in. Time's limited.

Jaskier

(laughing) You know, once upon a time, I would have used this opportunity to call you an empty, lonely, power hungry she-demon. But... I'm an artist, Yennifer. It's my job to put myself in other peoples' shoes. Even if they are, in your case, large, clunky, and I don't know, probably full of snakes or something. I'm scared too. I'm scared that one day, the muses will stop speaking to me. Because who are we? When we can no longer do the one thing we were put on this Continent to do?

Yennefer

We find a new purpose. A better one. Hopefully.

Jaskier

Who the fuck was that?

Yennefer

How should I know? ​You're the one he kidnapped.

Jaskier

Oh what, you mages don't all share an alma mater? You didn't catch him at the last alumni event?

Yennefer

You know, I was looking forward to at least a few more thank yous and perhaps some genuflection.

Jaskier

He's after Geralt.

Yennefer

What? Why? What does he want with him?

Jaskier

Oh you know, I assumed it was to drink tea and eat crumpets and wax nostalgia over old times. I don't know Yennifer, so why don't you conjure up a portal or do your mind talking and warn him? You owe him that.

Yennefer

I owe him as much as he owes me, nothing more, nothing less. Anyway, I can't. No magic, remember? (sighing) Fuck!

Jaskier

You don't get to play the damsel in distress. That's my job.

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.