Quote

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

Andrew Vachss

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

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

More quotes by Andrew Vachss

Image
The idea that you're not a writer until you're published is a lie.
Andrew Vachss
Image
I don't take advances for my books.
Andrew Vachss
Image
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.
Andrew Vachss
Image
A kid in an abusive home has far fewer rights than any POW. There is no Geneva Convention for kids.
Andrew Vachss
Image
Victimizers of children are the enemies of any so-called society.
Andrew Vachss
Image
A moral society will not set standards for becoming a parent, but it will establish irreducible minimums for maintaining that sacred status.
Andrew Vachss
Image
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.
Andrew Vachss
Image
If love would die along with death, this life wouldn't be so hard.
Andrew Vachss
Image
Life is a fight, but not everyone’s a fighter. Otherwise, bullies would be an endangered species.
Andrew Vachss
Image
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.
Andrew Vachss
Image
People are pushing against the fabric of society all the time.
Andrew Vachss
Image
Roots are nice, but a tree can’t run.
Andrew Vachss
Image
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?
Andrew Vachss
Image
Stealing to eat ain’t criminal—stealing to be rich is.
Andrew Vachss
Image
I don't sign contracts for my books.
Andrew Vachss
Image
Journalism is what maintains democracy. It's the force for progressive social change.
Andrew Vachss
Image
It isn’t much use writing slogans on a wall if you plan to total the building.
Andrew Vachss
Image
Two rules: You enter without breaking. And you remember that nobody misses what you don't take.
Andrew Vachss
Image
I think people should be consumers of journalism.
Andrew Vachss
Image
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.
Andrew Vachss