what do those three stars mean?

in GF and all of puzo's other novels he uses these stars....after a complete thought usually he will have a blank line separating 2 different things....but sometimes he uses the 3 stars....what seperates them from a normal blank line?

what is their signifigance?


"never rat on your friends, and always keep your mouth shut"
-jimmy conway

"like that..POOF..he's gone"
-verbal kint