If anything in this life is certain...if history has taught us anything, it's that you cn kill anyone. Mario Puzo More Quotes by Mario Puzo More Quotes From Mario Puzo Actions defined a man; words were a fart in the wind Mario Puzo action wind men He smelled the garden, the yellow shield of light smote his eyes, and he whispered, "Life is so beautiful." ... Yes, he thought, if I can die saying, "Life is so beautiful," then nothing else is important. Mario Puzo garden eye beautiful Life is like a box of Hand grenades,You never know what will blow you to kingdom come Mario Puzo life-is-like blow hands We don't know if capital punishment is a deterrent, but we know that men we execute will not murder again. Mario Puzo murder knows men Never let a domestic quarrel ruin a day's writing. If you can't start the day fresh, get rid of your wife. Mario Puzo ruins wife writing Power wears out those who do not have it. Mario Puzo Why should I be afraid now? Strange men have come to kill me ever since I was twelve years old. Mario Puzo twelve men years Tell my father I wish to be his son. Mario Puzo wish father son The fact of the matter is that I wanted to hold a grudge in some funny kind of way.Against everybody. Mario Puzo matter facts way Let us be separated by wars and pestilence, death, madness but not by the passing of time. Mario Puzo pestilence madness war It can be argued that man's instinct to gamble is the only reason he is still not a monkey up in the trees. Mario Puzo gambling men science I want to tell you a story. I have no other vanity. Mario Puzo vanity stories want Time erodes gratitude more quickly than it does beauty! Mario Puzo erode gratitude doe And in that fraction of a second before anything actually happened, Santino Corleone knew he was a dead man. Mario Puzo dead-man fractions men It was not perhaps the warmest friendship in the world, they would not send each other Christmas gift greetings, but they would not murder each other. Mario Puzo christmas-gift murder world She emptied her mind of all thought of herself, of her children, of all anger, of all rebellion, of all questions. Then with a profound and deeply willed desire to believe, to be heard, as she had done every day since the murder of Carlo Rizzi, she said the necessary prayers for the soul of Michael Corleone. Mario Puzo prayer believe children 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. Mario Puzo beautiful believe death We are all honorable men here, we don 't have to give each other assurances as if we were lawyers. Mario Puzo honorable-man giving men I like to drink wine more than I used to. Anyway, I'm drinking more. Mario Puzo wine age drinking 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 Mario Puzo lucky praying men