電影版《阿甘正傳》結尾時，阿甘站在珍妮的墓前，也提出了這樣的質疑：“我不知道是媽說的對，還是丹中尉說的對，不知是否命中註定，還是隨風飄零沒有定數，我猜想，兩者都有，也許兩者同時發生。”

小說《阿甘正傳》的結尾是這樣寫的："不過，我跟你說，朋友：有時候到了晚上，我仰望星星，看見整個天空就那麼鋪在那兒，可別以為我什麼也不記得。我仍舊跟大家一樣有夢想，偶爾我也會想到換個情況人生會是什麼樣兒。然後，眨眼之間，我已經四十、五十、六十歲了，你明白吧？"

我把你葬在我們的樹下

And I had you placed

here under our tree.

我把你父親的房子

And I had that house

of your father's

推成了平地

bulldozed to the ground.

媽媽…

Mama...

總是說…

always said

死亡是生命的一部分

that dyin' was a part of life .

我真的希望不是這樣

I sure wish it wasn't.

小福雷斯…

Little Forrest is...

很好

doing just fine.

“不過…”

"But..."

就要去上學了

About to start school again so on,

還有…

and...

我給他做早餐、午餐和晚餐

and I make his breakfast,

lunch, and dinner

每天

every day.

我讓他…

I make sure he...

梳頭

combs his hair

讓他每天刷牙

and brushes his teeth every day.

教他怎麼打乒乓球

Teaching him how

to play Ping-Pong.

他打得很棒

He's really good.

福雷斯，你來發球

Uh, Forrest, you go.

我們經常釣魚

We fish a lot.

我們每天晚上讀書

And every night,

we read a book.

他聰明極了，珍妮

He's so smart, Jenny.

你一定會為他驕傲

You'd be so proud of him.

我會的

I am.

他還給你寫了封信

He, uh, wrote you

a...a letter.

他說不許我看，我不能看

And he says I can't read it.

I'm not supposed to,

所以我把它放在這兒給你

so I'll just leave it

here for you.

珍妮…

Jenny...

我不知道是媽媽對

I don't know

if Mama was right

還是丹中尉對

or if it--it's

Lieutenant Dan.

我不知道

I don't know...

是否我們每個人都有

if we each have a...

註定的命運…

destiny...

還是我們的生命中只有偶然

or if we're all just

floating around accidental-like

象在風中飄…

on a breeze...

但我想…

but I--I think...

也許兩者都有吧

maybe it's both.

也許兩者都在同時發生著

Maybe both get happening

at the same time.

可是我想念你，珍妮

But I miss you, Jenny.

如果你想要什麼…

If there's anything

you need...

我就在你身邊

I won't be far away.