Andrew Vachss

The worst place to be is in the middle. When elephants fight, the grass gets trampled.

A free press doesn't mean it's not a tame press.

A dog is like a person__e needs a job and a family to be what he__ meant to be.

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 and slick -- in love with themselves. When's the last time you saw a seeing-eye cat?

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 those by deranged postal workers who come to work once too often.

Stealing to eat ain__ criminal__tealing to be rich is.

You want proof evolution is for real, don__ waste your time with fossils; just check out the New York City rat. They started out as immigrants, stowaways in some ship__ cargo hold. Only the survivors got to breed, and they__e been improving with every new litter. Smarter, faster, stronger. Getting ready to rule. Manhattan wouldn__ be the _st island they took over.

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 one man, then that man must stand alone." ~Thomas to Bruce Wayne