Victimizers of children are the enemies of any so-called society. — Andrew Vachss Children Copy Share Image
The idea that you're not a writer until you're published is a lie. — Andrew Vachss Idea Copy Share Image
Children know the truth: love is not an emotion, love is behavior. — Andrew Vachss Behavior Copy Share Image
Two rules: You enter without breaking. And you remember that nobody misses what you don't take. — 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 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
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
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
Crime takes the pulse of a culture. It tells us the truth about us as a species. — 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
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
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
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
I don't even use italics or boldface; that's clutter, not clarity. Fancy fonts are fine for blogs, just as calligraphy is fine… — Andrew Vachss Copy Share Image
“[I] settled down with the Daily News and the Post , glad to be back with journalism where all murders are “brutal,”… — Andrew Vachss Daily news Copy Share Image
“The first thing any charlatan needs is nomenclature. A special language. Trappings. That's the true genesis of psychobabble terms such as 'disclosure'… — Andrew Vachss Language Copy Share Image
Anyone who says, 'Books don't change anything,' or - more commonly - that crime fiction is the wrong genre for promoting social… — Andrew Vachss Copy Share Image
“Perfection cannot be achieved by men," he told me. "Our highest calling is the pursuit of perfection. My haiku will be finished… — Andrew Vachss Excellence Copy Share Image
“Lawyers for abused kids can challenge bad agency decisions because they can always bring a lawsuit. A volunteer cannot.#barahona” — Andrew Vachss Copy Share Image
Building a mechanical device for its appearance is like putting lace on a bowling ball. — Andrew Vachss Copy Share Image
The worst place to be is in the middle. When elephants fight, the grass gets trampled. — Andrew Vachss Animal Copy Share Image
I want to disabuse people of the idea that knowledge is power. Knowing how to get to Detroit is not the same… — Andrew Vachss Copy Share Image
“I wanted to ask her what the fuck was wrong but I had a date with a pack of skittish whores.” — Andrew Vachss Copy Share Image
People who don't have much get ugly about giving up the little they have left. — Andrew Vachss Giving Copy Share Image
Camouflage doesn't help when the other guy is willing to defoliate the whole jungle. — Andrew Vachss Copy Share Image
The more bullets flying, the less accurate each individual slug has to be. — Andrew Vachss Copy Share Image
Life is a fight, but not everyone’s a fighter. Otherwise, bullies would be an endangered species. — Andrew Vachss Bullies Copy Share Image
In some neighborhoods, if you want to walk down the streets, you've got two choices - look down, or look hard. — Andrew Vachss Choices Copy Share Image
I write everything in Courier 12 because I write for publication, not pleasure. — Andrew Vachss Copy Share Image
Ours is a country where anything can be accomplished if enough people get angry... because, in America, we act on our collective… — Andrew Vachss Copy Share Image
Courier 12 is the Type-O blood of fonts - works just as good for a 'N.Y. Times' op-ed as a screenplay or… — Andrew Vachss Copy Share Image
It isn’t much use writing slogans on a wall if you plan to total the building. — Andrew Vachss Copy Share Image
If a train is coming at you, closing your eyes won't save you ... but if you look right at it, you… — Andrew Vachss Chance Copy Share Image
“the ferret, hunting, eyes on the ground, never hears footsteps of the hawk” — Andrew Vachss Ferret Copy Share Image
A dog is like a person—he needs a job and a family to be what he’s meant to be. — Andrew Vachss Animal Copy Share Image
Journalism is what maintains democracy. It's the force for progressive social change. — Andrew Vachss Change Copy Share Image
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