Accidents Don't Happen To People

When I Was Young, Some Women Told Me They Loved Me For My Long Eyelashes. I Accepted. Later It Was For My Wit. Then For My Power And Money. Then For My Talent. Then For My Mind-deep. Ok, I Can Handle All Of It. The Only Woman Who Scares Me Is The One Who Loves Me For Myself Alone. I Have Plans For Her. I Have Poisons And Daggers And Dark Graves In Caves To Hide Her Head. She Can't Be Allowed To Live. Especially If She's Sexually Faithful And Never Lies And Always Puts Me Ahead Of Everything And Everyone.

Fredo, You're My Older Brother And I Love You. But Don't Ever Take Sides Against The Family Again. Ever.

Italians Have A Little Joke, That The World Is So Hard A Man Must Have Two Fathers To Look After Him, And That's Why They Have Godfathers.

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.

I Find The Only Thing That Really Stands Up, Better Than Gambling, Better Than Booze, Better Than Women, Is Reading.