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Andrew Vachss
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: October 19
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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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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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I don't sign contracts for my books.
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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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People are pushing against the fabric of society all the time.
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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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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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The more bullets flying, the less accurate each individual slug has to be.
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Children know the truth: love is not an emotion, love is behavior.
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Building a mechanical device for its appearance is like putting lace on a bowling ball.
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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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It's the family you choose that counts.
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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 idea that you're not a writer until you're published is a lie.
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If love would die along with death, this life wouldn't be so hard.
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Two rules: You enter without breaking. And you remember that nobody misses what you don't take.
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I think people should be consumers of journalism.
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The Bowery station on the J line is what happens to a neighborhood once politicians realize the people who live there don't vote.
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I believe my publisher has shown a great deal of faith in me over a lot of years but I'm not prepared to be so arrogant to say that the long-term literary value of my work would compensate them for a financial failure.
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