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Family' is not just a biological word, it's an an operative one.

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Andrew Vachss
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: October 19
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Andrew Henry Vachss
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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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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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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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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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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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A free press doesn't mean it's not a tame press.
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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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People are pushing against the fabric of society all the time.
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Journalism is the protection between people and any sort of totalitarian rule. That's why my hero, admittedly a flawed one, is a journalist.
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The idea that you're not a writer until you're published is a lie.
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Roots are nice, but a tree can’t run.
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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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When you hunt predators, the best camouflage is weakness.
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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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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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Fear is an enemy that can be killed only at close range. The closest range of all is intimacy. The deeper the fear is embedded in one’s spirit, the more vulnerable it is.
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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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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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I'm in pursuit of what cannot be achieved: perfection.
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