Andrew Vachss Quotes & Sayings
37 most famous Andrew Vachss quotes and sayings (author). These are the first 10 quotes we have.
“Fighting means you could lose. Bullying means you can't. A bully wants to beat somebody; he doesn't want to fight somebody.”
“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 of gratification must be deferred and others denied.”
“We don't protect our young, and we tolerate predators of our own species.”
“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.”
“A kid in an abusive home has far fewer rights than any POW. There is no Geneva Convention for kids.”
“Building a mechanical device for its appearance is like putting lace on a bowling ball.”
“I'm in pursuit of what cannot be achieved: perfection.”
“Journalism is the protection between people and any sort of totalitarian rule. That's why my hero, admittedly a flawed one, is a journalist.”
“The idea that you're not a writer until you're published is a lie.”
“Journalism is what maintains democracy. It's the force for progressive social change.”
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