“All things are possible, … Except the passing of regret.”
Source: Drenai series, The King Beyond the Gate, Ch. 20
Quotes from book
The King Beyond the Gate
The King Beyond The Gate is a fantasy novel by British writer David Gemmell. It was published in 1985. It was the second book published by Gemmell, after Legend, published a year earlier. The book is set in the same fictional world as Legend, that of the Drenai, but is not a sequel in the usual sense as the events of the two books take place around a century apart. Thus the main protagonists of Legend are long since dead and play little part in The King Beyond the Gate, other than passing mentions. This set a precedent for the entire Drenai series, in which very few characters appear in more than one novel, the gaps between novels sometimes running to centuries, giving a more epic, historical flavour to the series.
“… a man can overcome his background, even as he can overcome a skilled opponent.”
Source: Drenai series, The King Beyond the Gate, Ch. 13
“It is a rare man who notices a handsome woman.”
Source: Drenai series, The King Beyond the Gate, Ch. 22
“What is life if a man cannot count on his friends when he has gone mad?”
Source: Drenai series, The King Beyond the Gate, Ch. 12
“Too many people go through life without pausing to enjoy what they have.”
Source: Drenai series, The King Beyond the Gate, Ch. 2
“Your face may be gone, but you know who you are.”
Source: Drenai series, The King Beyond the Gate, Ch. 23
Source: Drenai series, The King Beyond the Gate, Ch. 9
Source: Drenai series, The King Beyond the Gate, Ch. 22
“I think maybe it is better to believe than not to believe. But I couldn't tell you why.”
Source: Drenai series, The King Beyond the Gate, Ch. 24
Source: Drenai series, The King Beyond the Gate, Ch. 7
Source: Drenai series, The King Beyond the Gate, Ch. 23
“The world would be a sad place without mysteries.”
Source: Drenai series, The King Beyond the Gate, Ch. 2
Source: Drenai series, The King Beyond the Gate, Ch. 14
“You are getting too old for this." "A man is as old as he feels, woman!" "And how old do you feel?”
"About ninety."
Source: Drenai series, The King Beyond the Gate, Ch. 15
Source: Drenai series, The King Beyond the Gate, Ch. 21
“Foolish: It's all foolish. Life is a farce— a stupid, sickening farce played out by fools.”
Source: Drenai series, The King Beyond the Gate, Ch. 16
“"I underestimated you, woman."… "The cry of men down the ages."”
Source: Drenai series, The King Beyond the Gate, Ch. 15
“We all have scars […] Better by far for them to be worn on the outside.”
Source: Drenai series, The King Beyond the Gate, Ch. 3
“Men! What do they know? They never grow up.”
Source: Drenai series, The King Beyond the Gate, Ch. 22
