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title: "1 Manuscript Weighs Quotes By Edna Buchanan"
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> [Books are like your children. They take nine months to write; the manuscript weighs six pounds and...you send them out into the world and hope that some day they'll send back money.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edna-buchanan/books-are-like-your-children-they-take-nine-months-to-write-the/)

[Edna Buchanan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edna-buchanan/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/906/edna-buchanan-27044_book_books-are-like-your-children-they-take-n_604954.png)

## More by Edna Buchanan

> [You ought to try surviving one of my family reunions. It's like having a bowling alley in your brain.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edna-buchanan/you-ought-to-try-surviving-one-of-my-family-reunions-it-s-like-having/)

[Edna Buchanan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edna-buchanan/)

> [Friends are family you choose.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edna-buchanan/friends-are-family-you-choose/)

[Edna Buchanan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edna-buchanan/)

> [The past is an unsolved mystery and the truth a moving target.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edna-buchanan/the-past-is-an-unsolved-mystery-and-the-truth-a-moving-target/)

[Edna Buchanan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edna-buchanan/)

> [Men give love because they want sex. Women give sex because they want love. That's the difference between men and women. Ever notice how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edna-buchanan/men-give-love-because-they-want-sex-women-give-sex-because-they-want/)

[Edna Buchanan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edna-buchanan/)

> [True friends are those who really know you but love you anyway.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edna-buchanan/true-friends-are-those-who-really-know-you-but-love-you-anyway/)

[Edna Buchanan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edna-buchanan/)

> [Where I come from these days, anybody who isn't seeing a therapist needs to.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edna-buchanan/where-i-come-from-these-days-anybody-who-isn-t-seeing-a-therapist/)

[Edna Buchanan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edna-buchanan/)

> [Books are like your children. They take nine months to write; the manuscript weighs six pounds and...you send them out into the world and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edna-buchanan/books-are-like-your-children-they-take-nine-months-to-write-the/)

[Edna Buchanan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edna-buchanan/)

> [... I have become a conscientious objector in the war between the sexes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edna-buchanan/i-have-become-a-conscientious-objector-in-the-war-between-the-sexes/)

[Edna Buchanan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edna-buchanan/)

> [Life is a death-defying experience.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edna-buchanan/life-is-a-death-defying-experience/)

[Edna Buchanan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edna-buchanan/)

> [Fear is like water. You need it. And it's good for you, as long as you have the right amount.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edna-buchanan/fear-is-like-water-you-need-it-and-it-s-good-for-you-as-long-as-you/)

[Edna Buchanan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edna-buchanan/)

> [If not for bad luck we'd have no luck at all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edna-buchanan/if-not-for-bad-luck-we-d-have-no-luck-at-all/)

[Edna Buchanan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edna-buchanan/)

> [Sex gets people killed, put in jail, beaten up, bankrupted, and disgraced, to say nothing of ruined - personally, politically, and professionally. Looking for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edna-buchanan/sex-gets-people-killed-put-in-jail-beaten-up-bankrupted-and-disgraced/)

[Edna Buchanan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edna-buchanan/)

> [Every once in a while, there comes a story. A story that blows your mind. One where you know you've made a difference. That's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edna-buchanan/every-once-in-a-while-there-comes-a-story-a-story-that-blows-your/)

[Edna Buchanan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edna-buchanan/)

> [To entrust to an editor a story over which you have labored and to which your name and reputation are attached can be like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edna-buchanan/to-entrust-to-an-editor-a-story-over-which-you-have-labored-and-to/)

[Edna Buchanan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edna-buchanan/)

> [Love is so fragile and so often fatal. I am amazed when people are brave enough to risk it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edna-buchanan/love-is-so-fragile-and-so-often-fatal-i-am-amazed-when-people-are/)

[Edna Buchanan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edna-buchanan/)

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