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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: 82
Born: 1942
Born: October 19
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Andrew Henry Vachss
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Even if sheep could talk, they'd never ask questions.
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Building a mechanical device for its appearance is like putting lace on a bowling ball.
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Information is the hardest currency.
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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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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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I'm in pursuit of what cannot be achieved: perfection.
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Stealing to eat ain’t criminal—stealing to be rich is.
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The more bullets flying, the less accurate each individual slug has to be.
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The third person narrator, instead of being omniscient, is like a constantly running surveillance tape.
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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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