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Andrew Vachss
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: October 19
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It's the family you choose that counts.
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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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Children know the truth: love is not an emotion, love is behavior.
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Victimizers of children are the enemies of any so-called society.
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No politician is threatened by the child protective constituency, because it does not exist.
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I don't take advances for my books.
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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 worst place to be is in the middle. When elephants fight, the grass gets trampled.
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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 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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Information is the hardest currency.
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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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When you hunt predators, the best camouflage is weakness.
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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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Family' is not just a biological word, it's an an operative one.
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Journalism is what maintains democracy. It's the force for progressive social change.
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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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