Heidi W. Durrow famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

If thereâ€™s no one else to tell another side - the only story that can be told is the story that becomes true. (p. 173)
-- Heidi W. Durrow

#Stories #Sides
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 #Confusing
A woman made of parts is a dangerous thing. You never know when she'll throw away a piece you may need.
-- Heidi W. Durrow

#Needs #Pieces #May
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
I don't know if it's better to have people laugh at what you are or just not understand.
-- Heidi W. Durrow

#People #Laughing
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
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)
-- Heidi W. Durrow

#Stories #Sides #Ifs

STORIES WE TELL is one of the boldest and most exciting films Iâ€™ve seen in the last six months, and the kind of experience that has the power to alter your perception of the world.
Human beings love stories because they safely show us beginnings, middles and ends.
Of course, I'm not allowed to talk about the script, but I can say it is a really good story.
I really enjoy listening to stories. I remember them and keep them in my mind.
The swells were amazing! As big as three-story apartment buildings!
Being on Ozzfest has been a great way for us to break out and show metal fans that we have a heavy side.
Your whole life is on the other side of the glass. And there is nobody watching.
I'm basically an Upper West Side Jewish writer.
It's always been said that comedy comes mostly out of the dark side anyway.
Perhaps sometimes life shows you a side of itself which leaves you with nothing more to say

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