Mario Puzo

Novelist

1920-10-15

Books by Mario Puzo

The Godfather
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The Sicilian
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The Family
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Quotes by Mario Puzo

God seemed to be having a hard time killing him, and he'd be damned if he was going to make the job easy for mere mortals
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A man who is not a father to his children can never be a real man,
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I'll tell you the only real truth. Cunt is where it all begins and where it all ends. Cunt is the only thing worth living for. Everything else is a fake, a fraud and just shit.
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Not to be rich, but to have money; to have money like a wall to put your back to, and then face the world.
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Let us be separated by wars and pestilence, death, madness but not by the passing of time.
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A man's primary duty in life is to earn his own living, but to what purpose if he did not have a wife and children?
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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.
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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.
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Friendship is everything. Friendship is more than talent. It is more than the government. It is almost the equal of family.- Don Corleone
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You can't hide the thunderbolt. When it hits you, everybody can see it. Christ, man, don't be ashamed of it, some men pray for the thunderbolt. You're a very lucky fellow. - Calo
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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.
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I have no such powers. If I did I would be more merciful than God, believe me.
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Keep your friends close but your enemies closer.
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Accidents don't happen to people who take accidents as a personal insult.
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Do you believe a man can truly love a woman and constantly betray her?Never mind physically but betray her in his mind,in the very poetry of his soul.Well,it's not easy but men do it all the time.
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Keep your friends close but your enemies closer.
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Do you believe a man can truly love a woman and constantly betray her?Never mind physically but betray her in his mind,in the very poetry of his soul.Well,it's not easy but men do it all the time.
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Let us be separated by wars and pestilence, death, madness but not by the passing of time.
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Not to be rich, but to have money; to have money like a wall to put your back to, and then face the world.
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Accidents don't happen to people who take accidents as a personal insult.
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