Yennefer of Vengerberg quotes from The Witcher

Yennefer

Remember I said we need to keep a low profile? That was not that.

Ciri

I cannot control my visions.

Yennefer

You can control who you blab to.

Ciri

Stop hauling me like I'm a mewling brat! I saw his death and I need to go back there.

Yennefer

What if his death prevented a greater harm? What would the consequences be then, my ugly one?

Ciri

I don't know.

Yennefer

I don't know either. But changing destiny is a weighty business.

Ciri

Might as well talk about it. I know you're angry.

Yennefer

I'm not angry. I'm disappointed. I did say we needed to avoid unwanted attention.

Ciri

I know.

Yennefer

This one's on me. In all those lessons, I should've have taught you that sometimes, discretion is more important than valor.

Ciri

You sound like Geralt.

Yennefer

Well, he isn't always wrong.

Ciri

One day, I may be queen and I'll need to use what I've got. And what I've got is a sense of justice, a dagger and quick reflexes. You and Geralt taught me those things.

Yennefer

Then our teachings were incomplete, because what we should have taught you is about consequences.

Ciri

Consequences are just an excuse not to act, even when someone's going to be killed. You didn't see that child's eyes, I had to do what I did-

Yennefer

No, you chose to interfere. That messenger in Ellander, his fate is a mystery, but I know what will happen here. Dominik Houvenaghel will send his cousin Leo Bonhart here to recuperate his losses with money or with blood. The townspeople who do survive will be conscripted to fight against the war that's looming on the horizon, where they'll die on the battlefield. If disease or starvation doesn't claim them first. You saved one and the consequences has likely damned a hundred others in exchange.

Ciri

What is the point in me seeing the future if I can't do anything to change it? Well why would you understand? You see what you want, you make it happen. You snap your fingers, mountains move, men bend to your will. How would you know what it's like to fight for control of your life?

Yennefer

My whole life, I've had so much power. But I've never been perfect. I fought with Tissaia every step of the way, I wanted to do things my way. That letter? I don't know if I'll be welcomed back to Aretuza. Like you, I once chose to interfere. I set a prisoner free and in doing so, I set the entire North against the Brotherhood and the Brotherhood against each other.

Ciri

Those bodies hanging at the tavern. All those executions.

Yennefer

The whole Continent is paying the consequences. And you, because of me. It's not enough to possess Chaos. You and I, we must learn to control it, that is the essence of power. That is how we will move mountains. Together. Come along, Ciri.