Movie quotes

“My mama always said life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get.”

– Forrest Gump, Forrest Gump (1994)

What does it mean?

Life is full of surprises. Like choosing a chocolate from a mixed box, you can't know what will happen next.

Key vocabulary

gonna
informal spoken form of "going to"

Who said it?

Forrest Gump Source: Forrest Gump (1994).