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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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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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Most investigators don't even know what the word means. You stop the cops from using informants and the only crimes they'd ever solve would be those by deranged postal workers who come to work once too often.
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I'm in pursuit of what cannot be achieved: perfection.
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I think people should be consumers of journalism.
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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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If love would die along with death, this life wouldn't be so hard.
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Building a mechanical device for its appearance is like putting lace on a bowling ball.
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Roots are nice, but a tree can’t run.
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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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The more bullets flying, the less accurate each individual slug has to be.
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I don't sign contracts for my books.
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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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The third person narrator, instead of being omniscient, is like a constantly running surveillance tape.
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Even if sheep could talk, they'd never ask questions.
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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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Victimizers of children are the enemies of any so-called society.
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The idea that you're not a writer until you're published is a lie.
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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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Camouflage doesn't help when the other guy is willing to defoliate the whole jungle.
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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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