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Even if sheep could talk, they'd never ask questions.
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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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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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 don't understand people whose gratification is a BMW. You don't know what joy is until you see a kid who was tortured get adopted by a family.
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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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When you hunt predators, the best camouflage is weakness.
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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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I'm in pursuit of what cannot be achieved: perfection.
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The worst place to be is in the middle. When elephants fight, the grass gets trampled.
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A free press doesn't mean it's not a tame press.
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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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Victimizers of children are the enemies of any so-called society.
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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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People who don't have much get ugly about giving up the little they have left.
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The third person narrator, instead of being omniscient, is like a constantly running surveillance tape.
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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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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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I don't take advances for my books.
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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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