“Biology does not make a man a father--nor a woman a mother. We are what we do.”
Source: Another Chance to Get It Right
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Famous Andrew Vachss Quotes
Source: Down Here
Source: Mask Market
“No politician is threatened by the child protective constituency, because it does not exist.”
“People are pushing against the fabric of society all the time.”
“The idea that you're not a writer until you're published is a lie.”
“If love would die along with death, this life wouldn't be so hard.”
Source: Terminal: A Burke Novel
“Even if sheep could talk, they'd never ask questions.”
Source: False Allegations
“Children know the truth: love is not an emotion, love is behavior.”
“Max Allan Collins blends fact and fiction like no other writer.”
“Two rules: You enter without breaking. And you remember that nobody misses what you don't take.”
“When you hunt predators, the best camouflage is weakness.”
Source: Sacrifice
“People who don't have much get ugly about giving up the little they have left.”
Source: Strega
“Life is a fight, but not everyone’s a fighter. Otherwise, bullies would be an endangered species.”
Source: Safe House
“A dog is like a person—he needs a job and a family to be what he’s meant to be.”
“Stealing to eat ain’t criminal—stealing to be rich is.”
Source: A Bomb Built in Hell: Wesley's Story
Source: The Weight
“The more bullets flying, the less accurate each individual slug has to be.”
“The worst place to be is in the middle. When elephants fight, the grass gets trampled.”
Source: Footsteps of the Hawk
“Camouflage doesn't help when the other guy is willing to defoliate the whole jungle.”
Source: False Allegations
“A free press doesn't mean it's not a tame press.”
Source: Two Trains Running: A Novel
Source: Blue Belle
“Building a mechanical device for its appearance is like putting lace on a bowling ball.”
“Journalism is what maintains democracy. It's the force for progressive social change.”
“Victimizers of children are the enemies of any so-called society.”
“Family' is not just a biological word, it's an an operative one.”
Source: Flood
“It isn’t much use writing slogans on a wall if you plan to total the building.”
“Roots are nice, but a tree can’t run.”
Source: Flood