Santino, never let anyone outside the family know what you are thinking. Never let them know what you have under your fingernails. I think your brain is going soft from all that comedy you play with that young girl. Stop it and pay attention to business. Now get out of my sight.
Mario PuzoMichael could never remember his father ever having uttered a word about death, as if the Don respected death too much to philosophize about it.
Mario Puzo