How we cite our quotes: All quotations are from Forrest Gump.
Quote #7
FORREST: I'm not a smart man, but I know what love is.
There are a lot of things Forrest doesn't know: French, integral calculus, how to write a sonnet, and the difference between metonymy and synecdoche. (Okay, we're just guessing, but it's probably true.) But, love isn't something you learn at school, and if Forrest doesn't know what love is, then we guess we don't know, either.
Quote #8
JENNY: Forrest, I do love you.
Aw, Jenny. We can't hate her because we know that loving Forrest has never been the problem—it's acting on that love that's given her trouble. For Jenny, love has always been a trap, and it takes a lot of hard living for her to see it as anything else.
Quote #9
JENNY: I wish I could've been there with you.
FORREST: You were.
JENNY: I love you.
When Forrest describes all of the beautiful things he saw while running across America, Jenny says she wishes she could have been there with him. Guess what! She was—because he never stopped thinking about her the whole time. Ugh, you guys, get a room.