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Andrew Vachss
Age: 81
Born: 1942
Born: October 19
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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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The idea that you're not a writer until you're published is a lie.
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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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Building a mechanical device for its appearance is like putting lace on a bowling ball.
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When you hunt predators, the best camouflage is weakness.
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Stealing to eat ain’t criminal—stealing to be rich is.
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Roots are nice, but a tree can’t run.
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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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Victimizers of children are the enemies of any so-called society.
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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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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.
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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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The more bullets flying, the less accurate each individual slug has to be.
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Family' is not just a biological word, it's an an operative one.
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I don't sign contracts for my books.
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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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No politician is threatened by the child protective constituency, because it does not exist.
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I think people should be consumers of journalism.
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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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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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