All Andrew Vachss Quotes
- It's the family you choose that counts. Choose
- When you hunt predators, the best camouflage is weakness. Best
- 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… Cop
- People who don't have much get ugly about giving up the little they have left. Get Ugly
- 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… Adoring
- 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… All
- Life is a fight, but not everyone’s a fighter. Otherwise, bullies would be an endangered species. Bullies
- 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… Animal
- A dog is like a person—he needs a job and a family to be what he’s meant to be. Dog
- Stealing to eat ain’t criminal—stealing to be rich is. Ain T
- 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… Bus
- The Humane Society of America thinks Michael Vick should have a dog. I think whoever's in charge there should have a lobotomy. America
- 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… Chance
- The more bullets flying, the less accurate each individual slug has to be. Accurate
- The worst place to be is in the middle. When elephants fight, the grass gets trampled. Elephants
- Camouflage doesn't help when the other guy is willing to defoliate the whole jungle. Camouflage
- A free press doesn't mean it's not a tame press. Free
- 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… All
- Ours is a country where anything can be accomplished if enough people get angry... because, in America, we act on our collective anger. Accomplished
- A trial is not a search for truth. It is a contest and, often, one that produces no winners. Contest
- Ask any experienced defense lawyer: the real risks are for an accused person who is innocent. A guilty defendant has many more options available. Accused
- I write everything in Courier 12 because I write for publication, not pleasure. Courier
- Crime takes the pulse of a culture. It tells us the truth about us as a species. Crime
- There is no Constitutional right to prey on others. The Internet is just a piece of technology, like the telephone. Society has the right to… Constitutional
- All children are born pure egoists. They perceive their needs to the exclusion of all others. Only through socialization do they learn that some forms… All