“From the beginning of time,
in childhood, I thought
that pain meant
I was not loved.
It meant I loved.”

John Tyree, Epilogue, p. 275
Source: 2000s, Dear John (2006)

Source: Hunted

Source: How to Fall in Love

Knopp, Guido, Hitler's Women

Part One, One
The Dud Avocado (1958)
Context: I’d made a vow when I got over here never to speak to anyone I’d ever known before. Yet here we were, two Americans who hadn’t really seen each other for years; here was someone from "home” who knew me when, if you like, and, instead of shambling back into the bushes like a startled rhino, I was absolutely thrilled at the whole idea.
"I like it here, don’t you?” said Larry, indicating the café with a turn of his head.
I had to admit I’d never been there before.
He smiled quizzically. "You should come more often,” he said. "It’s practically the only nontourist trap to survive on the Left Bank. It’s real” he added.
Real, I thought … whatever that meant.

Source: Kissed by an Angel/The Power of Love/Soulmates

"Bed and Breakfast", Dante's Disciples (1995), ed. Edward E. Kramer, Reprinted in Gene Wolfe, Strange Travelers (2000), Reprinted in Gene Wolfe, The Best of Gene Wolfe (2009)
Fiction

Source: The Vampire's Assistant

Source: Keeping Faith