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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/)

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