“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.” PeopleKnowsKidsJoyAdoptedGratificationBmw Author:Andrew Vachss
“Evil is a matter of choice. Those people who have been victimized and refuse to imitate their oppressors are in my mind the greatest heroes we have.” PeopleMindHas BeensMatterChoicesEvilHeroRefuseOppressors Author:Andrew Vachss
“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.” IfsWantYearsChoicesSidesAttitudeStepsSpeciesMonstersReleaseCaptureHuntsDeliberateExhibitsInterferencePredatorAmazementDarwinismMembranesEndangerment Author:Andrew Vachss
“I may well do some more polemical writing, if a subject that fires me up comes along. Apart from that possibility, I would like to continue to tell stories so long as I have stories to tell.” IfsWritingWellsMayLongStoriesFireSubjectsPossibility Author:Louis Begley
“Sometimes I think about dying. And then I wonder about going to hell. And then I think that if and when I go there, the place will be completely organized and run by lost souls, with a council and a works committee and an ethics panel, and I'll feel right at home.” IfsThinkingFeelsSoulSometimesHomeRunningLostWonderHellDyingEthicsOrganizedCommitteesCouncilFeels RightLost SoulsIfs And Book:Brother to Dragons Source: Brother to Dragons
“Remember, an easy question can have an easy answer. But a hard question must have a hard answer. And for the hardest questions of all, there may be no answer - except faith.” MayHardRememberEasyAnswersHardestHard QuestionsEasy Answers Book:Brother to Dragons Source: Brother to Dragons
“The grid is like the lines on a football field. You can play a great game in the grid or a lousy game. But the goal is to play a really fine game.” PlayGamesGoalLinesFieldsFootballFineGridsFootball Field Author:Wim Crouwel
“I don't have a good attention span and can't spend long in record stores or video shops or games emporiums without getting grumpy.” LongGamesAttentionRecordsStoresVideoShopsAttention SpanGrumpyRecord Stores Author:Beth Ditto
“The meaning is in the content of the text and not in the typeface, and that is why we loved Helvetica very much.” TypefacesHelvetica Author:Wim Crouwel