The Santangelo novels are a series of novels written by Jackie Collins, which focus on the Santangelo family, particularly Gino Santangelo, an Italian-American former gangster, and his daughter Lucky. The novels, which take place from the 1920s to the present day, are set in the world of organised crime and include the Santangelos' rivalry with the Bonnatti and Kassari families. There are nine novels in the Santangelo saga and one spin-off. Confessions of a Wild Child (2013), is a prequel depicting Lucky's teenage years, which were briefly explored in the first Santangelo novel, Chances (1981).

Overview

The Santangelo novels are a series of novels written by Jackie Collins, which focus on the Santangelo family, particularly Gino Santangelo, an Italian-American former gangster, and his daughter Lucky. The novels, which take place from the 1920s to the present day, are set in the world of organised crime and include the Santangelos' rivalry with the Bonnatti and Kassari families. There are nine novels in the Santangelo saga and one spin-off. Confessions of a Wild Child (2013), is a prequel depicting Lucky's teenage years, which were briefly explored in the first Santangelo novel, Chances (1981).

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Notable quotes

“Victory awaits him who has everything in order — luck, people call it. Defeat is certain for him who has neglected to take the necessary precautions in time; this is called bad luck.”
— Roald Amundsen, The South Pole (1912).
“I don't watch the ball. I watch them. Like I said — You make your own luck. Perception is reality. And it doesn't matter a tuppeny toss where the ball actually lands... Just as long as they see what I want them to see.”
— Andy Diggle, in lines written for John Constantine, Hellblazer #232 Wheels of Chance, Systems of Control, Part 1 of 2.
““I trust to luck to get me by. Luck and destiny.” His eyes were bright with reflected moonlight. “Sometimes they serve me well.””
— Pat Murphy, With Four Lean Hounds, in Marion Zimmer Bradley (ed.) Sword and Sorceress (1984), p. 169
“I don't need luck, Sarge. I was born lucky!”
— Robert Rodat, depicting "Pvt. Reiben" in Saving Private Ryan (1998).
“The only thing I ever learned was that some people are lucky and other people aren't and not even a graduate of the Harvard Business School can say why.”
— Kurt Vonnegut, as quoted in "The Sirens of Titan" by character Noel Constant.
“Felix ille tamen corvo quoque rarior albo.”
— A lucky man is rarer than a white crow.

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