The sword of destiny has two edges… You are one of them.

In order to become a witcher, you have to be born in the shadow of destiny, and very few are born like that. That's why there are so few of us. We're growing old, dying, without anyone to pass our knowledge, our gifts, on to. We lack successors. And this world is full of Evil which waits for the day none of us are left.

This is what the Law of Surprise states. It is the child's, not the parent's, consent which confirms the oath, which proves that the child was born under the shadow of destiny.

Are all stories about the Law of Surprise myths?’‘Yes. It’s hard to call an accident destiny.’‘But you witchers do not stop searching?’‘No, we don’t. But it’s senseless. Nothing has any point.

The sword of destiny has two edges. You are one of them.

It’s like they said! Geralt! It’s like they said! Am I your destiny? Say it! Am I your destiny?'‘You’re more than that, Ciri. Much more.