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.
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In the novel "The Godfather," Michael Corleone is a young boy who learned from his father, Vito Corleone, that life is a gift and death is a gift, too. He also learned that when he dies, his father will take care of him in the afterlife. Although Michael believed in Santa Claus and the tooth fairy, he was convinced that only God could make a man immortal.
Source: The Godfather
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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.