The Witcher (TV Series)

Before a Fall (2019)

Royce Pierreson: Istredd

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Quotes 

• Istredd : Look at you. You could have anyone.

  Yennefer : I have. And it was fun to be wanted. The object of desire. After where I came from, I lapped it up. But they all loved the power that came with my position at court. Not *my* power.

• Istredd : I spent years; waiting for this moment where you realized we're meant for each other. You know, coming up with excuses to study at Aedirn. Henges, dead languages, anything to get closer to you again, and... every request I made was denied. You shut them all down.

  [sighs] 

  Istredd : Stregobor, of all people, snapped me out of it. "Forget about the girl. Get back to work." And work saved me. Remembered why I loved it. The beauty, the purity. No... distractions when I'm in it. You went after the thing you loved. So you chose power.

  [Exhales sadly] 

  Istredd : At least you kept your eyes.

• Istredd : [Watching Yenn take a sip from a mug]  That's a face. You hate it that much?

  Yennefer : Only because I have taste buds.

• Istredd : These people were starving before Nilfgaard. See, most kings only care about their cocks and their coffers. They look out for their people. Everybody gets something.

  Yennefer : The same thing, which tastes as if someone pissed in my cup.