Quotes from Mario Puzo, The Godfather

And in that fraction of a second before anything actually happened, Santino Corleone knew he was a dead man.

I have no such powers. If I did I would be more merciful than God, believe me.

Accidents don't happen to people who take accidents as a personal insult.

Yet, he thought, if I can die saying, "Life is so beautiful, " then nothing else is important. If i can believe in myself that much, nothing else matters.

Michael could never remember his father ever having uttered a word about death, as if the Don respected death too much to philosophize about it.

You cannot say 'no' to the people you love, not often. That's the secret. And then when you do, it has to sound like a 'yes'. Or you have to make them say 'no.' You have to take time and trouble.

Friendship is everything. Friendship is more than talent. It is more than the government. It is almost the equal of family.- Don Corleone