Saturday, November 18, 2017

When time shudders...

Книгата започна да ме отнася на някъде и приземяването след това никак не е лесно. Само наистина красиво написаните книги го могат...


He embraced her. And touched her. And found her. Yennefer, in some astonishing way hard and soft at the same time, sighed loudly. The words they had uttered broke off, perished among the sights and quickened breaths, ceased to have any meaning and were dissipated. So they remained silent, and focused on the search for one another, on the search for the truth. They searched for a long time, lovingly and very thoroughly, fearful of needless haste, recklessness and nonchalance. They searched vigorously, intensively and passionately, fearful of needless self-doubt and indecision. They searched cautiously, fearful of needless tactlessness.
They found one another, conquered their fear and, a moment later, found the truth, which exploded under their eyelids with a terrible, blinding clarity, tore apart the lips pursed in determination with a moan. Then time shuddered spasmodically and froze, everything vanished, and touch became the only functioning sense.
An eternity passed, reality returned and time shuddered once more and set off again, slowly, ponderously, like a great fully laden cart. Geralt looked through the window. The moon was still hanging in the sky, although what had just happened ought in principle to have struck it down from the sky.

Andrzej Sapkowski, TIME OF CONTEMPT

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Geralt and Yennefer making love in Kaer Morhen.

Friday, November 10, 2017

A nightmare...

[...] A distinct, clear image had suddenly emerged from a swirling vortex of unclear but disturbing  shapes, of strange but foreboding scenes and incomprehensible but sinister words and sounds. [...] 

Andrzej Sapkowski, Time of Contempt 
Translated by David French