“Imagination, of course, can open any door - turn the key and let terror walk right in.”

“Once a thing is set to happen, all you can do is hope it won't. Or will-depending. As long as you live, theres always something waiting, and even if its bad, and you know it's bad, what can you do?...”

“But if you live your life without feeling and compassion for your fellowmanyou are as an animal'an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth' & happiness & peace of mind is not attained by living thus.”

“The walls of the cell fell away, the sky came down, I saw the big yellow bird.”

“Sorrow and profound fatigue are at the heart of Dewey's silence. It had been his ambition to learn "exactly what happened in that house that night." Twice now he'd been told, and the two versions w...”

“Duntz asked Smith, 'Added up, how much money did you get from the Cutters?' 'Between forty and fifty dollars.”

“Civilisation and the life of nations are governed by the same laws as prevail throughout nature and organic life.”

“So the next day I asked Dan how is it that Bubba can get killed, and what kind of half assed nature law would allow that. He thought about it for a while, and said, 'Well, I'll tell you, Forrest, a...”

“It may be true that the law cannot make a man love me, but it can stop him from lynching me, and I think that's pretty important.”