“Very small, child, are the flying days of love, and men and women must catch them when they can, if they are to know love at all.”
"Empires of Foliage and Flower" (1987), first appeared as a limited edition chapbook from Cheap Street, Reprinted in Gene Wolfe, Starwater Strains (2005)
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American science fiction and fantasy writer 1931–2019Related quotes

“Why do men think you can pick love up and re-light it like a candle? Women know when love is over.”

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Source: Don Quixote de la Mancha (1605–1615), Part I, Book III, Ch. 6.

“Love who you love while you have them. That's all you can do. Let them go when you must.”
Variant: Love who you love while you have them. That's all you can do. Let them go when you must. If you know how to love, you'll never run out.
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