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Gene Wolfe was an American science fiction and fantasy writer, acclaimed for his intricate prose and complex storytelling. His most famous work is "The Book of the New Sun," a highly influential series in speculative fiction. He is celebrated for his literary depth and profound influence on the genre. Here are 116 of his quotes:

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. (Gene Wolfe)
We never really got married. When we both wanted to we never had the money, somehow. And when we had the money, there was always some kind of quarrel. After a couple of years everybody thought we were married anyway. View quote
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Whenever a man and a woman come to words or blows, fools are quick to attribute it to the differences between the sexes. The sexes differ much less than they wish to believe, and such differences as are real tend less to promote strife than to prevent it. View quote
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He is indeed a creature of evil; but so are you, and so am I. View quote
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There is no human quality more attractive than the courage of the weak. View quote
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Men build scales, but the gods blow upon the lighter pan. View quote
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You're called a holy man,” she said. "I see you're wholly deranged. View quote
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They based their extrapolations on numbers. That worked as long as money, which is easily measured numerically, was the principle motivating force in human affairs. But as time progressed, human actions became responsive instead to a multitude of incommensurable vectors. View quote
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He was proud, like all lonely men. Lonely men must be proud or die. View quote
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Perhaps I need to begin before I can think clearly about the task. The chief thing is to begin, after all-after which the chief thing is to finish. View quote
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The true dawn of adulthood, of intellectual maturity, if you like, is the realization that adults are all fools. (Gene Wolfe)
What little I have learned in the course of a long life, regarding the gods, I have tried to forget. View quote
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No man has a home unless he is master of a place where he must please no one-a place where he can go and lock the door behind him. View quote
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Most Christians know next to nothing about the life and teachings of Christ and are afraid to learn, sensing that the knowledge will upset their preconceptions. View quote
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Here in two flat sentences are the best things I can say about our field on American television: Dr. Who is sometimes aired. Sometimes Battlestar Galactica is not. View quote
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I was the core of the universe, as we always are to ourselves. View quote
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When neither our fellows nor our gods spoil our plans, we spoil them ourselves. View quote
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As you intend to live hereafter, it is in your power to live here. View quote
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What is perceived is dictated by the instrument. If you had other eyes, or another mind, you would see all things otherwise. View quote
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The most trivial skirmish is not trivial to those who die in it, and so should not be trivial in any ultimate sense to us. View quote
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I have never in my whole life had a fight with a smart person or even seen anybody else have one either. That is because when the fight starts the smart people are not there anymore. They have gone off someplace else, and when it is over they come back and tell you how much they did in the fight, only it is all lies. (Gene Wolfe)
It's easy-very easy-to slay a ruler. But it's very difficult to prevent a worse one from coming to his place. View quote
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Until we reach the end of time, we don't know whether something's been good or bad; we can only judge the intentions of those who acted. View quote
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A trooper fights for honor ... or from loyalty. Or for loot sometimes. But he waits for pay. He will not wait without it, because when there is no fighting there is no honor to win, no flag to die for, no loot to gain. View quote
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You have need of learning, children, in order that the whorl will someday have need of you. View quote
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Gene Wolfe

Occupation: American Writer
Born: May 7, 1931
Died: April 14, 2019
Quotes count: 116
Wikipedia: Gene Wolfe

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