Andrew Vachss Quotes

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Image, Family’ is not just a biological word, it’s an an operative one.

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Family' is not just a biological word, it's an an operative one.

—Andrew Vachss

Image, People who don’t have much get ugly about giving up the little they have left.

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People who don't have much get ugly about giving up the little they have left.

—Andrew Vachss

Image, I want to disabuse people of the idea that knowledge is power.

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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.

—Andrew Vachss

Image, When you hunt predators, the best camouflage is weakness.

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When you hunt predators, the best camouflage is weakness.

—Andrew Vachss

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Image, Two rules: You enter without breaking. And you remember that nobody misses

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Two rules: You enter without breaking. And you remember that nobody misses what you don't take.

—Andrew Vachss

Image, He said when the Lord made people He made them all the

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He said when the Lord made people He made them all the same for starters. But life marks people. If you know the way, you can read them like maps.

—Andrew Vachss

Image, Chronic sexual predators [to Vachss, pedophiles] have crossed an osmotic membrane. They

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Chronic sexual predators [to Vachss, pedophiles] have crossed an osmotic membrane. They can’t step back to the other side - our side. And they don't want to. If we don't kill them or release them, we have but one choice. Call them monsters and isolate them.... I’ve spoken to many predators over the years. They always exhibit amazement that we do not hunt them. And that when we capture them, we eventually let them go. Our attitude is a deliberate interference with Darwinism - an endangerment of our species.

—Andrew Vachss

Image, A moral society will not set standards for becoming a parent, but

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A moral society will not set standards for becoming a parent, but it will establish irreducible minimums for maintaining that sacred status.

—Andrew Vachss

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Image, Journalism is the protection between people and any sort of totalitarian rule.

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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.

—Andrew Vachss

Image, Fear is an enemy that can be killed only at close range.

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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.

—Andrew Vachss

Image, I’m in pursuit of what cannot be achieved: perfection.

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I'm in pursuit of what cannot be achieved: perfection.

—Andrew Vachss

Image, If love would die along with death, this life wouldn’t be so hard.

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If love would die along with death, this life wouldn't be so hard.

—Andrew Vachss

Image, If a train is coming at you, closing your eyes won’t save

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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.

—Andrew Vachss

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Image, Stealing to eat ain’t criminal—stealing to be rich is.

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Stealing to eat ain’t criminal—stealing to be rich is.

—Andrew Vachss

Image, It’s the family you choose that counts.

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It's the family you choose that counts.

—Andrew Vachss

Image, I don’t understand people whose gratification is a BMW. You don’t know

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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.

—Andrew Vachss

Image, 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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A dog is like a person—he needs a job and a family to be what he’s meant to be.

—Andrew Vachss