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title: "5 Grandma Quotes By Heidi W. Durrow"
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> [“Grandma sees these things when she talks about them and gestures with her hands like she's painting brush strokes in the air.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heidi-w-durrow/grandma-sees-these-things-when-she-talks-about-them-and-gestures-with/)

[Heidi W. Durrow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heidi-w-durrow/)

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> [“Seeing Grandma this way, it makes me know for certain that everything about a person will show up in another person in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heidi-w-durrow/seeing-grandma-this-way-it-makes-me-know-for-certain-that-everything/)

[Heidi W. Durrow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heidi-w-durrow/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f98/heidi-w-durrow-33696_family_seeing-grandma-this-way-it-makes-me-know_1417152.jpg)

> [“I think of how Grandma makes fun of love. And maybe that’s the key.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heidi-w-durrow/i-think-of-how-grandma-makes-fun-of-love-and-maybe-that-s-the-key/)

[Heidi W. Durrow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heidi-w-durrow/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/43e/heidi-w-durrow-33696_love_i-think-of-how-grandma-makes-fun-of-love_2156036.jpg)

> [It's easy to smile just to make other people feel better. But when a person fakes happy, it has edges. Regular people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heidi-w-durrow/it-s-easy-to-smile-just-to-make-other-people-feel-better-but-when-a/)

[Heidi W. Durrow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heidi-w-durrow/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/542/heidi-w-durrow-33696_easy_it-s-easy-to-smile-just-to-make-other-pe_2394572.jpg)

> [“A woman made of parts is a dangerous thing," Grandma says. "You never know when she'll throw away a piece you may…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heidi-w-durrow/a-woman-made-of-parts-is-a-dangerous-thing-grandma-says-you-never/)

[Heidi W. Durrow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heidi-w-durrow/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f04/heidi-w-durrow-33696_dangerous-people_a-woman-made-of-parts-is-a-dangerous-thi_2592049.jpg)

## Other authors on Grandma

## More by Heidi W. Durrow

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heidi-w-durrow/the-bottle-is-where-everything-sad-or-mean-or-confusing-can-go-and/)

[Heidi W. Durrow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heidi-w-durrow/)

> [I don't know if it's better to have people laugh at what you are or just not understand.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heidi-w-durrow/i-don-t-know-if-it-s-better-to-have-people-laugh-at-what-you-are-or/)

[Heidi W. Durrow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heidi-w-durrow/)

> [If there’s no one else to tell another side - the only story that can be told is the story that becomes true. (p.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heidi-w-durrow/if-there-s-no-one-else-to-tell-another-side-the-only-story-that-can/)

[Heidi W. Durrow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heidi-w-durrow/)

> [“Math can explain the reason there’s a one out of four chance that I’d have blue eyes. But it doesn’t explain why me. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heidi-w-durrow/math-can-explain-the-reason-there-s-a-one-out-of-four-chance-that-i-d/)

[Heidi W. Durrow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heidi-w-durrow/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heidi-w-durrow/grandma-sees-these-things-when-she-talks-about-them-and-gestures-with/)

[Heidi W. Durrow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heidi-w-durrow/)

> [“Seeing Grandma this way, it makes me know for certain that everything about a person will show up in another person in the family.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heidi-w-durrow/seeing-grandma-this-way-it-makes-me-know-for-certain-that-everything/)

[Heidi W. Durrow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heidi-w-durrow/)

> [“We live in the same house but we both feel lonely. We and lonely don’t belong in the same sentence.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heidi-w-durrow/we-live-in-the-same-house-but-we-both-feel-lonely-we-and-lonely-don-t/)

[Heidi W. Durrow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heidi-w-durrow/)

> [“I think of how Grandma makes fun of love. And maybe that’s the key.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heidi-w-durrow/i-think-of-how-grandma-makes-fun-of-love-and-maybe-that-s-the-key/)

[Heidi W. Durrow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heidi-w-durrow/)

> [I'm not the color of my skin. I'm a story. One with a past and a future unwritten.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heidi-w-durrow/i-m-not-the-color-of-my-skin-i-m-a-story-one-with-a-past-and-a-future/)

[Heidi W. Durrow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heidi-w-durrow/)

> [“But when a person fakes happy, it has edges. Regular people may not see, but the people who count, they can see edges and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heidi-w-durrow/but-when-a-person-fakes-happy-it-has-edges-regular-people-may-not-see/)

[Heidi W. Durrow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heidi-w-durrow/it-s-easy-to-smile-just-to-make-other-people-feel-better-but-when-a/)

[Heidi W. Durrow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heidi-w-durrow/)

> [“We lie to ourselves in many ways; we write down only what we want to understand and what we want to see.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heidi-w-durrow/we-lie-to-ourselves-in-many-ways-we-write-down-only-what-we-want-to/)

[Heidi W. Durrow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heidi-w-durrow/)

> [“A woman made of parts is a dangerous thing," Grandma says. "You never know when she'll throw away a piece you may need...”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heidi-w-durrow/a-woman-made-of-parts-is-a-dangerous-thing-grandma-says-you-never/)

[Heidi W. Durrow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heidi-w-durrow/)

> [A woman made of parts is a dangerous thing. You never know when she'll throw away a piece you may need.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heidi-w-durrow/a-woman-made-of-parts-is-a-dangerous-thing-you-never-know-when-she-ll/)

[Heidi W. Durrow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heidi-w-durrow/)

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