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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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Andrew Vachss
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: October 19
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Andrew Henry Vachss
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I don't take advances for my books.
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No politician is threatened by the child protective constituency, because it does not exist.
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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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The more bullets flying, the less accurate each individual slug has to be.
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