I don't know if mama was right, that we each have a destiny, or if if was Lt Dan, that we are all just floating around, accidental, like on a breeze, but I think... I think... maybe... it's both happening… — Winston Groom Copy Share Image
Mama read it an began pulling her hair an weepin an praisin the Lord, 'cause it say I am 'Temporarily Deferred' on account of I am a numbnuts. — Winston Groom Copy Share Image
Now you wouldn't believe me if I told you, but I could run like the wind blows. From that day on, if I was… — Winston Groom Copy Share Image
“It commenced raining one day and did not stop for two months. We went through ever different kind of rain they is, cep'n maybe… — Winston Groom Copy Share Image
“Dear Forrest, I am sorry there was no time for us to speech other before I left. The doctors made their decision quickly, and… — Winston Groom Copy Share Image
“There was some people hurt far worst than I was in that hospital, let me tell you. Poor old boys with arms and legs… — Winston Groom Copy Share Image
“I get a letter once a week from my mama. She say everything fine at home.. I write her back too, when I can,… — Winston Groom Copy Share Image
“I found the head nurse and asked her, and she said Dan has been flown back to America on account of they can take… — Winston Groom Copy Share Image
“I have suffered a loss, Forrest, far greater than my legs. It's my spirit, my soul, if you will. There is only a blank… — Winston Groom Copy Share Image
“Things is very primitive in the jungle - no place to shit, sleep on the ground like an animal, eat out of cans, no… — Winston Groom Copy Share Image
