I thought that in the original exchange Renly meant what he said after he eat the peach : "A man should never refuse to taste a peach, Renly said as he tossed the stone away. He may never get the chance again. Life is short, Stannis. Remember what the Starks say. Winter is coming" . Renly loves life and lives it to the full. He wants Stannis to relax a bit and start enjoying the life too! Also it is a foreboding of Renly's fate.
Later, Stannis remembers the conversation, but he forgot what Renly ment by it (and may be never got it? even though Renly said it as directly as you can? sometimes we do not hear things that are said out loud..), at the same time he remembers that there was something .. important.
But I guess that Martin did include this as Renly/Loras metaphora as well, of course! So this is multi-layered.
PS; There was also a brothel called The Peach (where genry and Arya stayed)
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Later, Stannis remembers the conversation, but he forgot what Renly ment by it (and may be never got it? even though Renly said it as directly as you can? sometimes we do not hear things that are said out loud..), at the same time he remembers that there was something .. important.
But I guess that Martin did include this as Renly/Loras metaphora as well, of course! So this is multi-layered.
PS; There was also a brothel called The Peach (where genry and Arya stayed)