Author: Mario Puzo

Cites

• Honoré de Balzac (1)
  • IN: The Godfather (1969) Crime Fiction, American
    EPIGRAPH: Behind every great fortune there is a crime.
    FROM: Le Père Goriot, (1835), Novel, France
• Fyodor Dostoevsky (3)
  • IN: The Family (2001) Fiction, American
    EPIGRAPH: Let me be vile and base, only let me kiss the hem of the veil in which my God is shrouded. Though I may be following the devil, I am Thy son, O Lord, and I love Thee, and I feel the joy without which the world cannot stand.
    FROM: The Brothers Karamazov, (1880), Novel, Russia
  • IN: The Dark Arena (1953) Fiction, American
    EPIGRAPH: Oh, there are some who remain proud and fierce even in hell, in spite of their certain knowledge and contemplation of the absolute truth; there are some fearful ones who have given themselves over to Satan and his proud spirit entirely. For such, hell is voluntary and ever consuming; they are tortured by their own choice. For they have cursed themselves, cursing God and life. They live upon their vindictive pride like a starving man in the desert sucking blood out of his own body. But they are never satisfied, and they refuse forgiveness, they curse God Who calls them. They cannot behold the living God without hatred, and they cry out that the God of life should be annihilated, that God should destroy Himself and His own creation. And they will burn in the fire of their own wrath forever and yearn for death and annihilation. But they will not attain to death...
    FROM: The Brothers Karamazov, (1880), Novel, Russia
• NULL (1)
  • IN: Omerta (2000) Fiction, American
    EPIGRAPH: Omerta: a Sicilian code of honor which forbids informing about crimes thought to be the affairs of the persons involved
    FROM: World Book Dictionary, (1963), Definition, NULL

Cited by

• James Swain (1)
  • IN: Loaded Dice (2004) Fiction, American
    EPIGRAPH: The biggest and first crap game is mentioned in Greek mythology. Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades rolled dice for shares of the Universe. Poseidon won the Oceans. Hades won the Underworld. Zeus won the Heavens and is suspected of having used loaded dice.
    FROM: Inside Las Vegas, (1977), Book, US