——妈妈,有时候,我感觉一切和前一天不大一样。
Benjamin Button: Momma? Momma? Some days, I feel different than the day before.
——每个人在某种程度上都对自己有不同的认识,但是我们最后都会往同一个地方,只是走的路不同罢了。你也有属于你的路,Benjamin。
Queenie: Everyone feels different about themselves one way or another, but we all goin' the same way.
——如果我告诉你我并不是在变老,而是变得比别人越来越年轻呢?
Benjamin Button: What if I told you that instead of gettin' older, I was gettin' younger than everybody else?
——那样的话,我为你感到难受,你要经历所有爱你的人都比你先死去,这还真是一个不小的责任呢。
——OS:我还从来没有以这种方式考虑过生与死的问题。
——Benjamin,我们注定要失去我们所爱的人,要不然我们怎么会知道他们对我们多么的重要。
Mrs. Maple: Benjamin, we're meant to lose the people we love. How else would we know how important they are to us?
——你可以像疯狗那样对周围的一切愤愤不平,你可以诅咒命运...但是等到了最后一刻...你还是得平静的放手而去。
Captain Mike: You can be as mad as a mad dog at the way things went. You could swear, curse the fates, but when it comes to the end, you have to let go.
——回家是一件令我感到新奇的事情,周遭一切看起来依旧,闻起来依旧,感觉起来也依旧。你意识到真正发生改变的,是你自己。
Benjamin Button: It's a funny thing about comin' home. Looks the same, smells the same, feels the same. You'll realize what's changed is you.
——有时候我们就活在即将发生冲撞的轨道上,浑然不知。无论它是意外发生的还是蓄谋已久的,对此我们都无能为力。
Benjamin Button: Sometimes we're on a collision course, and we just don't know it. Whether it's by accident or by design, there's not a thing we can do about it
——当我的皮肤变得又老又松弛时,你还会爱我吗?
Daisy: Would you still love me if I were old and saggy?
——但我满脸粉刺,你还会爱我吗?当我尿床的时候?害怕楼上有什么的时候?
Benjamin Button: Would you still love ME if I were young and had acne? When I'm afraid of what's under the bed? Or if I end up wetting the bed?
——你在想什么?
——我在想没有什么东西能持续到永远的,我们也不例外。
Benjamin Button: I was thinking how nothing lasts, and what a shame that is.
——有些东西时可以持续到永远的......
Daisy: Some things last.
——一件事无论太晚,或者对我来说太早,都不会阻拦你成为你想成为的那个人。这个过程没有时间的期限,只要你想,随时都可以开始。要改变或者保留原状都无所谓,做事本不应该有所束缚。我们可以办好这件事却也可以把它搞砸,但我希望最终你能成为你想成为的那个人。我希望你有时候能驻足于这个令你感到惊叹的世界,体会你从未有过的感觉,我希望你能见到其他与你观点不同的人们,我希望你能有一个值得自豪的一生。如果和你想象的生活不一样,我希望你能有勇气,重新启程。
Benjamin Button: [Voice over; letter to his daughter] For what it's worth: it's never too late or, in my case, too early to be whoever you want to be. There's no time limit, stop whenever you want. You can change or stay the same, there are no rules to this thing. We can make the best or the worst of it. I hope you make the best of it. And I hope you see things that startle you. I hope you feel things you never felt before. I hope you meet people with a different point of view. I hope you live a life you're proud of. If you find that you're not, I hope you have the strength to start all over again.