Heidi W. Durrow Quotes

I don't know if it's better to have people laugh at what you are or just not understand.

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

A woman made of parts is a dangerous thing. You never know when she'll throw away a piece you may need.

If there’s no one else to tell another side - the only story that can be told is the story that becomes true. (p. 173)

I think what a family is shouldn't be so hard to see. It should be the one thing people know just by looking at you.

A woman made of parts is a dangerous thing, " Grandma says. "You never know when she'll throw away a piece you may need...

Grandma sees these things when she talks about them and gestures with her hands like she's painting brush strokes in the air. The way Grandma paints her dreams for me, there's a low sky.