Sonny's handling of the furnace men did not altogether please Vito because Sonny handled it as the club, not as a rapier.
One of Puzo's most felicitous phrases. I often used it at work to describe my approach to situations vs. my boss's approach--and why I wasn't the boss and she was.
Ntra la porta tua lu sangu � sparsu, E nun me mporta si ce muoru accisu... E s'iddu muoru e vaju mparadisu Si nun ce truovo a ttia, mancu ce trasu.