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Family' is not just a biological word, it's an an operative one.
Andrew Vachss
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Andrew Vachss
Age: 81
Born: 1942
Born: October 19
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Andrew Henry Vachss
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Roots are nice, but a tree can’t run.
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Victimizers of children are the enemies of any so-called society.
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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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Information is the hardest currency.
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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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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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No politician is threatened by the child protective constituency, because it does not exist.
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It isn’t much use writing slogans on a wall if you plan to total the building.
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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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Life is a fight, but not everyone’s a fighter. Otherwise, bullies would be an endangered species.
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I want to disabuse people of the idea that knowledge is power. Knowing how to get to Detroit is not the same thing as having the bus fare.
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The third person narrator, instead of being omniscient, is like a constantly running surveillance tape.
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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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It's the family you choose that counts.
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