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Gus is an elderly black man who lives down the road from Noah. The two are friends as well as neighbors—the two men spend several nights a week together playing music, drinking, and talking on Noah’s porch. Gus is old and wise, and he rightly assesses Noah’s longing for the “ghost” of his first love, Allie. Gus urges Noah to see that he’ll never be able to forget such a great love, and to embrace rather than resent the fact that his love for Allie will stay with him forever.
Gus Quotes in The Notebook
The The Notebook quotes below are all either spoken by Gus or refer to Gus. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 2 Quotes
"So that's the ghost you been running from." When asked what he meant, Gus said, "You know, the ghost, the memory. I been watchin' you, workin' day and night, slavin' so hard you barely have time to catch your breath. People do that for three reasons. Either they crazy, or stupid, or tryin' to forget. And with you, I knew you was tryin' to forget. I just didn't know what. […] This girl you been tellin' me about was your first love. And no matter what you do, she'll stay with you forever."
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Noah and his neighbor Gus spend several nights a week drinking, talking, and playing music together on Noah’s front porch. During these conversations, Noah has alluded to his meaningful summer with Allie 14 years ago, but he has never told Gus the full story of their love. Now, as Noah finishes telling Gus his and Allie’s story for the first time, Gus insightfully tells Noah that Allie is the “ghost” he has been running from—the invisible presence which has influenced and defined his life for the better part of two decades. As Gus admits that he has long been aware Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia eaque ipsa. Perferendis consectetur et. Dicta impedit ut. Ducimus possimus quo. Non inventore in. Eligendi atque placeat. Molestiae earum eum. Libero sit beatae. At a deserunt. Sint aperiam consequatur. Minima porro perferendis. Sit neque odit. Tenetur qui dignissimos. Qui et ut. Voluptate labore corporis. Hic tempore laborum. Nisi quia ea. Quia soluta itaque. Deleniti nisi earum. Ad tenetur laboriosam. Eum accusamus harum. Accu
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Gus Character Timeline in The Notebook
The timeline below shows where the character Gus appears in The Notebook. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 2: Ghosts
...his father passed away, and now Noah’s only friend is an elderly black man named Gus who lives down the road. Gus comes over several times a week to play music,...
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Noah shakes himself from his reverie. He remembers talking to Gus about this girl recently. Gus pointed out that the girl is “the ghost [Noah has]...
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...helps out with repairs, has brought him some bread and biscuits. After a visit to Gus’s, Noah does some shopping at the general store and returns home, where he sits on...
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