- Geralt of Rivia: Ill winds follow grave robbers.
- Yurga: If I was a robber, I'd be taking their belongings, Butcher.
- Geralt of Rivia: If I was a butcher, you'd be amongst the corpses.
- Yurga: Look at these people. Innocent people, killed for what? So Nilfgaard can have more land? We owe it to 'em to do better.
- Geralt of Rivia: I'm not better.
- Yennefer: If Nilfgaard wanted to take the North, why would they expose themselves by sacking Cintra first? Why wouldn't they just push through Sodden and surprise everyone?
- Vilgefortz: First, she shuns the military, now she's a military expert.
- Yennefer: First, he speaks to her as though she's not there, and then he loses a limb.
- Yurga: I'm just a simple merchant. I can't repay you for saving my life. But what I can offer you... is the Law of Surprise. That which I have but don't know.
- Geralt of Rivia: Just give me an ale and consider your debt paid.