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Vito Corleone

You talk about vengeance. Is vengeance going to bring your son back to you? Or my boy to me?

— The Godfather ‧ 1972

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What it means

Our interpretation.

The speaker questions whether revenge can fix anything, asking if it will restore either man's lost son. It's a plea to weigh vengeance against what it can actually deliver, which is nothing that undoes the loss on either side.

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