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Be he the first to stand or the last, a man must stand, the father had told his adoring son. And if there is only one man, then that man must stand alone. ~Thomas to Bruce Wayne

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Andrew Vachss
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: October 19
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New York City
New York
Andrew Henry Vachss
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From the very second that two people sat together around a fire in the forest, there was another human out there who felt better in the dark.
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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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The Bowery station on the J line is what happens to a neighborhood once politicians realize the people who live there don't vote.
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If love would die along with death, this life wouldn't be so hard.
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I believe my publisher has shown a great deal of faith in me over a lot of years but I'm not prepared to be so arrogant to say that the long-term literary value of my work would compensate them for a financial failure.
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Even if sheep could talk, they'd never ask questions.
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Victimizers of children are the enemies of any so-called society.
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A kid in an abusive home has far fewer rights than any POW. There is no Geneva Convention for kids.
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Journalism is what maintains democracy. It's the force for progressive social change.
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A dog is like a person—he needs a job and a family to be what he’s meant to be.
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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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People are pushing against the fabric of society all the time.
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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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Life is a fight, but not everyone’s a fighter. Otherwise, bullies would be an endangered species.
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Children know the truth: love is not an emotion, love is behavior.
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Family' is not just a biological word, it's an an operative one.
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I don't sign contracts for my books.
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Max Allan Collins blends fact and fiction like no other writer.
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The idea that you're not a writer until you're published is a lie.
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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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