Heh, I can't say which is my favourite one, so I will just contribute something from the second tome of saga, "Time of disdain', which is, accidentally (;p), lying on my desk.Hmm... So:Jaskier (Dindallion) and Ciri, on the nature of poetry and returns(my translation, so far from perfect)
..)"If you want [to know what they are talking about - ad. red.] - laughed the bard - Then I shall tell.- And how can you know anything of this?- Ha, ha. I, my dear Ciri, am a poet. The poets know everything of such things. I will tell you more: the poets know more of such things then the people in question.- No way!- I give you a word. A word of a poet.- You do? Then...then say, what they are speaking about! Explain to me, what does all of this mean!- Look through the hole [in the wooden fence - ad.red.] once again and say what do they do.- Hmmm. (...) Mrs Yennefer stands by the willow...Plucks leaves from a twig and plays with her star [necklace - ad.red.]... She says nothing and doesn't look at Geralt at all... And Geralt... And Geralt stands besides her. He lowered his head. And he is saying something.... No. He is silent. And his face... Oh, how strange an expression does he have!- Child's play (...). He is asking her to forgive him all his stupid words and deeds. He asks her to forgive his impatience, lack of faith and hope, his stubbornness, his pertinacity, his sulking and the poses unworthy of a man. He asks her to forgive him all that he didn't understand before, all that he didn't want to understand before...- This is an untrue untruth! (...) You are making it up!- He asks her to forgive all that he has understood only recently -Jaskier fixed his eyes into the heaven and started to recite in the rhythm of a ballade - for what he would like to understand, but fears to not be able understand in time... And for what he will never understand. He apologizes and asks for her forgiveness... hmm, hmm... The meaning... The conscience...The destine? All banal, damn...- It is not true! (..) Geralt isn't saying that! He isn't saying anything at all. I saw it myself. He just stands there with her and remains silent....- And that is the role of poetry, Ciri. To speak of what others keep silent.- Stupid is all that role of yours! And you are making all of that up!- That is also the role of poetry. Hey, I hear some raised voices from the pound. Look quickly, what is happening?- Geralt (...) stands silent with lowered head. And Yennefer is screaming at him terribly. She is yelling at him and is waving her hands about. Oh my... What can it mean?- Child's play (...). Now she is apologising to him."I always liked this fragment. it is so... telling ;].
