Important Quotations Explained
1.
Bonasera: “I
believe in America. America has made my fortune. And I raised my
daughter in American fashion. I gave her freedom, but I taught her
never to dishonor her family. She found a boyfriend. Not an Italian.
She went to the movies with him. She stayed out late. I didn’t protest. Two
months ago, he took her for a drive with another boyfriend. They
made her drink whiskey. And then they tried to take advantage of
her. She resisted. She kept her honor. So they beat her like an
animal. . . . Then I said to my wife for justice we must go to Don
Corleone.”
(
The Godfather)
2.
Kay: I
thought you weren’t going to become a man like your father. That’s
what you told me.
Michael: My father’s
no different from any other powerful man. Any man who’s responsible
for other people. Like a senator or president.
Kay: You know how
naïve you sound? Senators and presidents don’t have men killed.
Michael: Oh. Who’s
being naïve, Kay?
(
The Godfather)
3.
Michael: “Fredo,
you’re nothing to me now. You’re not a brother, you’re not a friend.
I don’t want to know you or what you do.”
(
The Godfather Part II)
4.
Kay: “Michael,
you are blind. It wasn’t a miscarriage. It was an abortion. An abortion,
Michael. Just like our marriage is an abortion. Something that’s
unholy and evil. I didn’t want your son, Michael. I wouldn’t bring
another one of your sons into this world. It was an abortion, Michael.
It was a son. A son. And I had it killed. Because this must all end.
I know now that it’s over. I knew it then. There would be no way,
Michael, no way you could ever forgive me. Not with this Sicilian
thing that’s been going on for two thousand years.”
(
The Godfather Part II)
5.
Michael: “Just
when I thought I was out, they pull me back in.”
(
The Godfather Part III)
