Karen Hill
"I couldnt stand him. I thought he was really obnoxious. He kept fidgeting around. Before it was even time to go home he was pushing me into the car and then pulling me out. It was ridiculous. But Diane and Tommy made us promise to meet them again on Friday night. We agreed. Of course when Friday night came around, Henry stood me up. We were a trio instead of a double date that night."

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Karen Hill
"One night, Bobby Vinton sent us champagne. There was nothing like it. I didnt think there was anything strange in any of this. You know, a twenty-one-year-old kid with such connections. He was an exciting guy. He was really nice. He introduced me to everybody. Everybody wanted to be nice to him. And he knew how to handle it."

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Karen Hill
"I know there are women, like my best friends, who would have gotten out of there the minute their boyfriend gave them a gun to hide. But I didnt. I got to admit the truth. It turned me on."

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Karen Hill
"It was like he had two families. The first time I was introduced to all of them at once, it was crazy. Paulie and his brothers had lots of sons and nephews. And almost all of them were named Peter or Paul. It was unbelievable. There must have been two dozen Peters and Pauls at the wedding. Plus, they were all married to girls named Marie. And they named all their daughters Marie. By the time I finished meeting everybody, I thought I was drunk."

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Karen Hill
"Well, we werent married to nine-to-five guys, but the first time I realized how different was when Mickey had a hostess party. They had bad skin and wore too much make-up. I mean, they didnt look very good. They looked beat-up. And the stuff they wore was thrown together and cheap. A lot of pant suits and double knits. And they talked about how rotten their kids were and about beating them with broom handles and leather belts. But that the kids still didnt pay any attention...After a while, it got to be all normal. None of it seemed like crimes. It was more like Henry was enterprising and that he and the guys were making a few bucks hustling, while the other guys were sitting on their asses waiting for hand-outs. Our husbands werent brain surgeons. They were blue-collar guys. The only way they could make extra money, real extra money, was to go out and cut a few corners...We were all so very close. I mean, there were never any outsiders around. Absolutely never. And being together all the time made everything seem all the more normal."

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Karen Hill
"There was always a little harrassment. They always wanted to talk to Henry about this or that. Theyd come in with their subpoenas and warrants and make me sign. But mostly they were just looking for a handout, a few bucks to keep things quiet, no matter what they found."

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Karen Hill
"We always did everything together and we always were in the same crowd. Anniversaries, christenings. We only went to each others houses. The women played cards, and when the kids were born, Mickey and Jimmy were always the first at the hospital. And when we went to the Islands or Vegas to vacation, we always went together. No outsiders, ever. It got to be normal. It got to where I was even proud that I had the kind of husband who was willing to go out and risk his neck just to get us the little extras."

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Karen Hill
"Somethings going on!...I look in your face and I know that youre lying...Get out of my life!...Youre a lousy bastard...Go to your ready-made whores. Thats all youre good for. Get out of my life. I cant stand you."

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Karen Hill
"[over the intercom] This is Karen Hill, I want to talk to you. Hello? Dont hang up on me. I want to talk to you. You keep away from my husband, you understand me? Hello? ANSWER ME. Im going to tell everybody that walks in this building that in 2R, Rossi, youre nothing but a whore. [gets on phone] Is this the superintendent?... Yes, sir, I would like you to know that you have a whore living in 2R. Rossi, Janice Rossi... Hes MY husband. Get your own goddamn man."

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Karen Hill
"But still I couldnt hurt him. How could I hurt him? I couldnt even bring myself to leave him. The truth was that no matter how bad I felt I was still very attracted to him. Why should I give him to someone else? Why should she win?"

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Henry Hill
"As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a gangster. To me, being a gangster was better than being President of the United States."

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Henry Hill
"Even before I first wandered into the cabstand for an after-school job, I knew I wanted to be a part of them. It was there that I knew that I belonged. To me, it meant being somebody in a neighborhood that was full of nobodies. They werent like anybody else. I mean, they did whatever they wanted. They double-parked in front of a hydrant and nobody ever gave them a ticket. In the summer when they played cards all night, nobody ever called the cops."

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Henry Hill
"I was the luckiest kid in the world. I could go anywhere. I could do anything. I knew everybody and everybody knew me...I was part of something. And I belonged. I was treated like a grown-up. Every day, I was learning to score. A dollar here. A dollar there. I was living a fantasy."

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Henry Hill
"Hundreds of guys depended on Paulie and he got a piece of everything they made. And it was tribute, just like in the old country, except they were doing it here in America. And all they got from Paulie was protection from other guys looking to rip them off. And thats what its all about. Thats what the FBI could never understand. That what Paulie and the organization does is offer protection for people who cant go to the cops. Thats it. Thats all it is. Theyre like the police department for wiseguys."

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Henry Hill
"People looked at me differently and they knew I was with somebody...At thirteen, I was making more money than most of the grown-ups in the neighborhood. I mean, I had more money than I could spend. I had it all. One day the kids from the neighborhood carried my mothers groceries all the way home. You know why? It was outta respect."

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