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The worst place to be is in the middle. When elephants fight, the grass gets trampled.

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Andrew Vachss
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: October 19
Author
Lawyer
Novelist
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Writer
New York City
New York
Andrew Henry Vachss
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Elephants
Grass
Gets
Fight
Worst
Middle
Fighting

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