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Children know the truth: love is not an emotion, love is behavior.

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Andrew Vachss
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: October 19
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Lawyer
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New York City
New York
Andrew Henry Vachss
Love
Behavior
Emotion
Truth
Children

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