Based on the book series of the same name written by Andrzej Sapkowski, The Witcher is an American fantasy series created for Netflix by Lauren Schmidt Hissrich.
The series follows Geralt of Rivia, a professional monster hunter, as he struggles to find his place in a morally complex medieval world.
The main cast consists of Henry Cavill (seasons 1–3) and Liam Hemsworth (season 4) as Geralt of Rivia, Freya Allan as Ciri, and Anya Chalotra as Yennefer of Vengerberg.

Wizards are all the same. You talk nonsense while making wise and meaningful faces.Geralt of Rivia, (to Stregobor), S1.Ep1: The End's Beginning

Evil is evil. Lesser, greater, middling, it’s all the same.Geralt of Rivia, (to Stregobor), S1.Ep1: The End's Beginning

If I have to choose between one evil and another, then I prefer not to choose at all.Geralt of Rivia, (to Stregobor), S1.Ep1: The End's Beginning


As in life, it is impossible always to be fully prepared for battle. Keep your sword close, and keep moving.Queen Calanthe, S1.Ep1: The End's Beginning

In the face of the inevitable, good leaders should always choose mercy. In the future, you will be wise to do the same.Queen Calanthe, (to Cirilla), S1.Ep1: The End's Beginning

The girl in the woods will be with you always. She is your destiny.Renfri, (to Geralt), S1.Ep1: The End's Beginning

I’m supposed to be going towards someone, but instead, I’m running from someone else.Ciri, S1.Ep2: Four Marks

There is no conjuring something from nothing. There is a give and a take.Tissaia de Vries, S1.Ep2: Four Marks

Sometimes a flower is just a flower, and the best thing it can do for us is to die.Tissaia de Vries, S1.Ep2: Four Marks

Sometimes there’s monsters, sometimes there’s money. Rarely both. That’s the life.Geralt of Rivia, S1.Ep2: Four Marks

Chaos is the same as it’s always been. Humans just adapted better.Geralt of Rivia, (to Filavandrel), S1.Ep2: Four Marks

Rewriting history with the stories we tell, the songs we sing about our own triumphs, it’s what we do.Istredd, S1.Ep2: Four Marks


Toss a coin to your Witcher
O’ Valley of Plenty
O’ Valley of Plenty
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Toss a coin to Your Witcher
O’ Valley of PlentyJaskier, (repeated line), S1.Ep2: Four Marks

When you live as long as I do, all the names start to sound the same.Geralt of Rivia, S1.Ep3: Betrayer Moon

There is not a person alive that does not look into the mirror and see some deformity. Except for us. We remake ourselves on our terms. The world has no say in it.Tissaia de Vries, (to Yennefer), S1.Ep3: Betrayer Moon


There is a vortex of fate around all of us, Geralt, growing with each and every one of our choices, drawing our destinies in closer.Triss Merigold, S1.Ep3: Betrayer Moon

Destiny helps people believe there’s an order to this horses***. There isn’t.Geralt of Rivia, S1.Ep4: Of Banquets, Bastards and Burials

I’m sorry you didn’t have a life. But if truth be told, you’re not missing much. I know it’s easy for me to say with warm breath in my lungs, and you with nothing. Still, what would you have had? Parents? Well, they’re the ones who wrote your last act, so not much lost there. Friends? Most likely fair weather. Lovers? Fun for a bit, I’ll admit, but all eventually disappoint. And let’s face it, you’re a girl. Your mother was right about one thing. We’re just vessels. And even when we’re told we’re special, as I was, as you would’ve been, we’re still just vessels, for them to take, and take, until we’re empty, and alone. So, count yourself lucky. You’ve cheated the game and won without even knowing it.Yennefer of Vengerberg, (to a dead baby), S1.Ep4: Of Banquets, Bastards and Burials

I bow to no law made by men who never bore a child!Queen Calanthe, S1.Ep4: Of Banquets, Bastards and Burials

You can’t outrun destiny just because you’re terrified of it.Mousesack, S1.Ep4: Of Banquets, Bastards and Burials





Think for yourselves. It’ll save you a lifetime of heartbreak.Yennefer of Vengerberg, S1.Ep7: Before a Fall

Whatever you lack in talent, you make up for in confidence.Yennefer of Vengerberg, S1.Ep7: Before a Fall


Monsters are more than just horrid looks and claws and teeth. Monsters are born of deeds done. Unforgivable ones.Nivellen, S2.Ep1: A Grain of Truth

When I say run, you run. When I say hide, you hide.Geralt of Rivia, (to Ciri), S2.Ep1: A Grain of Truth

Fear is an illness. If you catch it and you leave it untreated, it can consume you.Geralt of Rivia, S2.Ep1: A Grain of Truth


You can’t run from the world. You can’t hide from it. But you can find power and purpose. A chance to survive the horror.Geralt of Rivia, (to Ciri), S2.Ep2: Kaer Morhen

None of us will have any peace until there are no monsters left in the world.Geralt of Rivia, (to Eskel), S2.Ep3: What Is Lost

Sometimes our deepest hate is for the things we cannot change about ourselves.Vesemir, S2.Ep5: Turn Your Back

We can’t kill our feelings. Our best chance is to kill the hatred that we may hold onto and move on.Geralt of Rivia, (to Ciri), S2.Ep5: Turn Your Back

Hatred is an endless circle of fear and desperation. And who can tell which came first?Nenneke, S2.Ep6: Dear Friend...

People do stupid things when they think they’re trapped in a corner. And they say stupid things. That’s what friends do. They come back.Jaskier, (to Geralt), S2.Ep7: Voleth Meir

Remember what you have. Magic. It’s lodged in you. Like a spiked arrow. It wounds you. Deeply. But it’s a strange sort of pain. Combined with bliss. Trust me. It’s all you’ll ever need. It’s everything.Yennefer of Vengerberg, (to Ciri), S2.Ep7: Voleth Meir


Neutrality. It won’t get you a statue. But it’ll certainly help in keeping you alive.Geralt of Rivia, S3.Ep1: Shaerrawedd

History, it has a way of repeating itself. Even for the idealistic.Geralt of Rivia, S3.Ep1: Shaerrawedd

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.Yennefer of Vengerberg, (to Ciri), S3.Ep2: Unbound

Love for a child forces parents to make the hardest choices of their lives. Impossible ones, even. Chances are, they toil over it for the rest of their lives.Anika, S3.Ep3: Reunion

As a witcher, I will accept coin from someone, no matter where they’re from. Nations are invisible lines that people assign meaning to. A life, however… A life has real meaning. It’s warm skin and a beating heart. It should only be taken as a last resort. Righteousness can easily become rage. Justice can easily become scorn. If you want to be a queen, be a queen.Geralt of Rivia, (to Ciri), S3.Ep4: The Invitation

That is the role of poetry. To say what others cannot utter.Jaskier, (to Ciri), S3.Ep4: The Invitation

I’ve searched so long. Fought so long. Hurt so many. And it was all worth it. No matter where you go or where you hide, we will never be apart. Destiny brought us together. Never lost. Always found.Yennefer of Vengerberg, (to Ciri), S3.Ep6: Everybody Has a Plan 'til They Get Punched in the Face

It is amazing what you can do when you think for yourself.Fringilla Vigo, S3.Ep6: Everybody Has a Plan 'til They Get Punched in the Face

History repeating itself. Except it isn’t a curse. It’s a gift. One they either wish to use you for or destroy you for.Falka, (to Ciri), S3.Ep7: Out of the Fire, Into the Frying Pan

A puppeteer without puppets is just a fool holding on to some string.Yennefer of Vengerberg, S4.Ep2: Dream of a Wish Fulfilled

People like to invent monsters and monstrosities. When they lie, cheat, steal, beat their wives, they need to believe in a bane more terrible than they are. It makes them seem less monstrous themselves.Geralt of Rivia, S4.Ep2: Dream of a Wish Fulfilled

There are few things that belong to a man in this time of contempt. One of them is the right to keep his own counsel.Emiel Regis, S4.Ep2: Dream of a Wish Fulfilled


Leaders never really know, but they keep their doubts from their people.Vesemir, S4.Ep4: A Sermon of Survival

Stories are very powerful. They change us. And we, in spite of that, change them too.Stribog, S4.Ep8: Baptism of Fire
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