The idea that you're not a writer until you're published is a lie. — Andrew Vachss Idea Copy Share Image
Victimizers of children are the enemies of any so-called society. — Andrew Vachss Children Copy Share Image
From the very second that two people sat together around a fire in the forest, there was another human out there who… — Andrew Vachss Dark Copy Share Image
We don't protect our young, and we tolerate predators of our own species. — Andrew Vachss Copy Share Image
A trial is not a search for truth. It is a contest and, often, one that produces no winners. — Andrew Vachss Contest Copy Share Image
A kid in an abusive home has far fewer rights than any POW. There is no Geneva Convention for kids. — Andrew Vachss Copy Share 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 Copy Share Image
“take some pleasure from telling him no. My guess was that she worked for the landlord, not” — Andrew Vachss Landlord Copy Share Image
Crime takes the pulse of a culture. It tells us the truth about us as a species. — Andrew Vachss Copy Share Image
The third person narrator, instead of being omniscient, is like a constantly running surveillance tape. — Andrew Vachss Copy Share Image
All children are born pure egoists. They perceive their needs to the exclusion of all others. Only through socialization do they learn… — Andrew Vachss Copy Share Image
Be he the first to stand or the last, a man must stand," the father had told his adoring son. "And if… — Andrew Vachss Copy Share Image
I did criminal defense work part-time, and that paid the bills for representing abused and neglected children... and for defending in juvenile… — Andrew Vachss Abuse Copy Share Image
Most investigators don't even know what the word means. You stop the cops from using informants and the only crimes they'd ever… — Andrew Vachss Cop Copy Share Image
Fear is an enemy that can be killed only at close range. The closest range of all is intimacy. The deeper the… — Andrew Vachss Copy Share Image
I don't understand people whose gratification is a BMW. You don't know what joy is until you see a kid who was… — Andrew Vachss Copy Share 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… — Andrew Vachss Animal Copy Share Image
There is no Constitutional right to prey on others. The Internet is just a piece of technology, like the telephone. Society has… — Andrew Vachss Copy Share Image
“He had the radio turned to some Spanish-language station at a volume that reminded me of the holding tank at Riker's Island… — Andrew Vachss Copy Share Image
The sweetest thing I could say about my mother and father is that if I had the choice, I would have picked… — Andrew Vachss Copy Share Image
“In my world, people are always plotting. You have no idea of all the crimes people in business commit every day. Like… — Andrew Vachss Business Copy Share Image
Chronic sexual predators [to Vachss, pedophiles] have crossed an osmotic membrane. They can’t step back to the other side - our side.… — Andrew Vachss Copy Share Image
“You want proof evolution is for real, don’t waste your time with fossils; just check out the New York City rat. They… — Andrew Vachss Evolution Copy Share Image
“Max can’t hear or speak, but he communicates okay. He wasn’t programmed for fear—whoever rolled the genetic dice left that out too.… — Andrew Vachss Dark humor Copy Share Image
Children know the truth: love is not an emotion, love is behavior. — Andrew Vachss Behavior Copy Share Image
I didn't start out angry. I started out a young man wanting adventure. — Andrew Vachss Adventure Copy Share Image
Family' is not just a biological word, it's an an operative one. — Andrew Vachss Family Copy Share Image
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