Lover's Rock Quotes

“He wanted her all right. But he also really, really liked her.”
― Aaron Paul Schaut, Lover's Rock: A These Americans Love Story

“Like an older man begotten by a muse.”
― Aaron Paul Schaut, Lover's Rock: A These Americans Love Story

“Maybe she wasn’t real. Maybe I’m making it all up.”
― Aaron Paul Schaut, Lover's Rock: A These Americans Love Story

“All Gus was really looking for was a sign to make a move.”
― Aaron Paul Schaut, Lover's Rock: A These Americans Love Story

“She wanted him next to her but wanted to be alone.”
― Aaron Paul Schaut, Lover's Rock: A These Americans Love Story

“When we’re trapped in a cell with nobody looking, it’s in our nature to break free.”
― Aaron Paul Schaut, Lover's Rock: A These Americans Love Story

“Gus, you know how you always tell me about American road trips and Route 66 and California?

Yeah.

Can we go?

You want to go to California? Go on the road?

I am in America, I’m in school and doing everything right. I draw and paint things that I feel I’ll never see or touch. It’s all bullshit. I need to feel it, see it, touch it.”
― Aaron Paul Schaut, Lover's Rock: A These Americans Love Story

“They had joked about being the same person in a parallel universe. Perhaps they were a figment of each other’s imagination. Maybe an imaginary friend or one of those god-damned pookahs. Lord knows that stranger things had taken people in America.”
― Aaron Paul Schaut, Lover's Rock: A These Americans Love Story

“Big, dumb, useless U2 poster that he then reached up for and tore down. Closure is overrated anyway.”
― Aaron Paul Schaut, Lover's Rock: A These Americans Love Story

“I want to live this moment,” he said, pulling her closer as the world dissolved away.”
― Aaron Paul Schaut, Lover's Rock: A These Americans Love Story

“She grabbed his wet face with both hands and pressed her lips into his. The rainwater and the chilly air enhanced the sensation.”
― Aaron Paul Schaut, Lover's Rock: A These Americans Love Story

“Gus often wondered if Tina was even real. His friends joked that she was imaginary, but to him, she was everything.”
― Aaron Paul Schaut, Lover's Rock: A These Americans Love Story

“She was like a Dickens ghost, showing him the past, the present, and the path not taken.”
― Aaron Paul Schaut, Lover's Rock: A These Americans Love Story

“To Gus, she was one of the most beautiful women he’d ever laid eyes on, much less talked to.”
― Aaron Paul Schaut, Lover's Rock: A These Americans Love Story

“She tasted of spice and sugar and set him on fire. The memory of it imprinted on his skin and soul.”
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― Aaron Paul Schaut, Lover's Rock: A These Americans Love Story