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Andrew Vachss Inspirational Quotes (46)

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A moral society will not set standards for becoming a parent, but it will establish irreducible minimums for maintaining that sacred status.
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Two rules: You enter without breaking. And you remember that nobody misses what you don't take.
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Children know the truth: love is not an emotion, love is behavior.
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Even if sheep could talk, they'd never ask questions.
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If love would die along with death, this life wouldn't be so hard.
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The third person narrator, instead of being omniscient, is like a constantly running surveillance tape.
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No politician is threatened by the child protective constituency, because it does not exist.
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I think people should be consumers of journalism.
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I don't sign contracts for my books.
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I'm in pursuit of what cannot be achieved: perfection.
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Family' is not just a biological word, it's an an operative one.
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Evil is a matter of choice. Those people who have been victimized and refuse to imitate their oppressors are in my mind the greatest heroes we have.
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I don't understand people whose gratification is a BMW. You don't know what joy is until you see a kid who was tortured get adopted by a family.
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Building a mechanical device for its appearance is like putting lace on a bowling ball.
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He said when the Lord made people He made them all the same for starters. But life marks people. If you know the way, you can read them like maps.
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A free press doesn't mean it's not a tame press.
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The Humane Society of America thinks Michael Vick should have a dog. I think whoever's in charge there should have a lobotomy.
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Stealing to eat ain’t criminal—stealing to be rich is.
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Cats are the lap-dancers of the animal world. Soon as you stop shelling out, they move on, find another lap. They're furry little sociopaths. Pretty and slick -- in love with themselves. When's the last time you saw a seeing-eye cat?
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Life is a fight, but not everyone’s a fighter. Otherwise, bullies would be an endangered species.
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Most investigators don't even know what the word means. You stop the cops from using informants and the only crimes they'd ever solve would be those by deranged postal workers who come to work once too often.
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Journalism is what maintains democracy. It's the force for progressive social change.
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If a train is coming at you, closing your eyes won't save you ... but if you look right at it, you at least have a chance to jump.
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I don't take advances for my books.
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