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> [“A good editor is like a pair of Spanx: firming up the body, making the subject look good, and absolutely invisible.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandi-layne/a-good-editor-is-like-a-pair-of-spanx-firming-up-the-body-making-the/)

[Sandi Layne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sandi-layne/)

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## More by Sandi Layne

> [“Go back to bed, Cowan. I want no promises from you.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandi-layne/go-back-to-bed-cowan-i-want-no-promises-from-you/)

[Sandi Layne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sandi-layne/)

> [“All good things originate with the Creator God, he'd been taught, and the Song of Life was no exception.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandi-layne/all-good-things-originate-with-the-creator-god-he-d-been-taught-and/)

[Sandi Layne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sandi-layne/)

> [“...he couldn't help but wonder what Hannah might have looked like if...he'd answered that question April had asked him years ago.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandi-layne/he-couldn-t-help-but-wonder-what-hannah-might-have-looked-like-if-he/)

[Sandi Layne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sandi-layne/)

> [“Cowan son of Branieucc, you're the only one of my people that I know for sure still lives.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandi-layne/cowan-son-of-branieucc-you-re-the-only-one-of-my-people-that-i-know/)

[Sandi Layne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sandi-layne/)

> [“Then, as now, it was just uncomfortable. Now, as then, it was a lifted chin and a crooked smile that said more than they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandi-layne/then-as-now-it-was-just-uncomfortable-now-as-then-it-was-a-lifted/)

[Sandi Layne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sandi-layne/)

> [“A good editor is like a pair of Spanx: firming up the body, making the subject look good, and absolutely invisible.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandi-layne/a-good-editor-is-like-a-pair-of-spanx-firming-up-the-body-making-the/)

[Sandi Layne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sandi-layne/)

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