“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 there now - medals where my soul used to be.” — 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 before I knew it, I was being taken away, but I asked if I could stop long enough to write you this note, because you have been so kind to me whileI was here. I sense,… — Winston Groom Copy Share
“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 better care of him there. I asked her if he is okay, and she said, 'Yeah, if you can call two punctured lungs, a severed intestine, spinal separation, a missing foot, a truncated leg, and third… — Winston Groom Copy Share
“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
