Top 6 Quotes by Heidi W. Durrow

It's easy to smile just to make other people feel better. But when a person fakes happy, it has edges. Regular people may not see, but the people who count, they can see the edges and the lines where your smile ends and

It's easy to smile just to make other people feel better. But when a person fakes happy, it has edges. Regular people may not see, but the people who count, they can see the edges and the lines where your smile ends and the real you, the sadness (me) or the anger (Grandma) begins.

Heidi W. Durrow

Real, Grandma, Sadness

Heidi W. Durrow (2011). “The Girl Who Fell from the Sky”, p.29, Algonquin Books

I'm not the color of my skin. I'm a story. One with a past and a future unwritten.

Heidi W. Durrow

Past, Color, Skins

Heidi W. Durrow (2011). “The Girl Who Fell from the Sky”, p.264, Algonquin Books

The bottle is where everything sad or mean or confusing can go. And the blues--it's like that bottle. But in the bottle there's a seed that you let grow. Even in the bottle it can grow big and green. It's full of all those feelings that are in there, but beautiful and growing too.

Heidi W. Durrow

Beautiful, Mean, Feelings

Heidi W. Durrow (2011). “The Girl Who Fell from the Sky”, p.166, Algonquin Books