--- title: "4 Twiss Quotes By Rebecca Rasmussen" description: "4 Twiss quotes by Rebecca Rasmussen. Plus more from Rebecca Rasmussen and more Twiss sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/855/rebecca-rasmussen-24535_art_my-art-teacher-says-i-have-talent-twiss_570550.jpg" --- > [“My art teacher says I have talent," Twiss told her father, thinking of her last piece. Although she usually preferred to draw…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rebecca-rasmussen/my-art-teacher-says-i-have-talent-twiss-told-her-father-thinking-of/) [Rebecca Rasmussen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rebecca-rasmussen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/855/rebecca-rasmussen-24535_art_my-art-teacher-says-i-have-talent-twiss_570550.jpg) > [“According to her chore list, she was supposed to feed the chickens. Milly hd already retrieved the eggs. She'd mentioned something about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rebecca-rasmussen/according-to-her-chore-list-she-was-supposed-to-feed-the-chickens/) [Rebecca Rasmussen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rebecca-rasmussen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/007/rebecca-rasmussen-24535_bird-sisters_according-to-her-chore-list-she-was-supp_1210993.jpg) > [“Used to be when a bird flew into a window, Milly and Twiss got a visit. Milly would put a kettle on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rebecca-rasmussen/used-to-be-when-a-bird-flew-into-a-window-milly-and-twiss-got-a-visit/) [Rebecca Rasmussen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rebecca-rasmussen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/13c/rebecca-rasmussen-24535_adventure_used-to-be-when-a-bird-flew-into-a-windo_1741243.jpg) > [“Wisconsin,'" Twiss said. "That's my word." "The word or the state?" Milly said. "Both," Twiss said. Twiss knew every dip and rise…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rebecca-rasmussen/wisconsin-twiss-said-that-s-my-word-the-word-or-the-state-milly-said/) [Rebecca Rasmussen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rebecca-rasmussen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c5d/rebecca-rasmussen-24535_language_wisconsin-twiss-said-that-s-my-word-the_3206728.jpg) ## More by Rebecca Rasmussen > [“Every Saturday, heat or cold, rain or shine, Milly would see Avery running up their road, her long blond ponytail swishing in time with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rebecca-rasmussen/every-saturday-heat-or-cold-rain-or-shine-milly-would-see-avery/) [Rebecca Rasmussen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rebecca-rasmussen/) > [“As much as Milly loved seeing Asa on that tractor, a part of her dreaded the days he came to mow, not only because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rebecca-rasmussen/as-much-as-milly-loved-seeing-asa-on-that-tractor-a-part-of-her/) [Rebecca Rasmussen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rebecca-rasmussen/) > [“My art teacher says I have talent," Twiss told her father, thinking of her last piece. Although she usually preferred to draw things like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rebecca-rasmussen/my-art-teacher-says-i-have-talent-twiss-told-her-father-thinking-of/) [Rebecca Rasmussen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rebecca-rasmussen/) > [“What she didn’t understand when she was fourteen, but understood very well now, was that not everyone in the world could be saved or,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rebecca-rasmussen/what-she-didn-t-understand-when-she-was-fourteen-but-understood-very/) [Rebecca Rasmussen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rebecca-rasmussen/) > [“Bett didn't have any siblings because she said her father had preserved what was dead for too long to be able to create life.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rebecca-rasmussen/bett-didn-t-have-any-siblings-because-she-said-her-father-had/) [Rebecca Rasmussen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rebecca-rasmussen/) > [“She could see that like most people in the world, her mother just wanted to be loved.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rebecca-rasmussen/she-could-see-that-like-most-people-in-the-world-her-mother-just/) [Rebecca Rasmussen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rebecca-rasmussen/) > [“Milly went to work on her piecrust. After she'd rolled out the bottom layer and then the top one, she moved on to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rebecca-rasmussen/milly-went-to-work-on-her-piecrust-after-she-d-rolled-out-the-bottom/) [Rebecca Rasmussen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rebecca-rasmussen/) > [“The idea of Milly drowning in the riverside made Twiss think of an angel falling from the sky; Milly had two pink birthmarks the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rebecca-rasmussen/the-idea-of-milly-drowning-in-the-riverside-made-twiss-think-of-an/) [Rebecca Rasmussen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rebecca-rasmussen/) > [“According to her chore list, she was supposed to feed the chickens. Milly hd already retrieved the eggs. She'd mentioned something about egg salad,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rebecca-rasmussen/according-to-her-chore-list-she-was-supposed-to-feed-the-chickens/) [Rebecca Rasmussen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rebecca-rasmussen/) > [“This book I'm reading says if you want to be as thin as a stalk of celery, then that's what you should be eating.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rebecca-rasmussen/this-book-i-m-reading-says-if-you-want-to-be-as-thin-as-a-stalk-of/) [Rebecca Rasmussen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rebecca-rasmussen/) > [“As much as Twiss craved adventures in other places, she didn’t want those places to change how she felt about home.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rebecca-rasmussen/as-much-as-twiss-craved-adventures-in-other-places-she-didn-t-want/) [Rebecca Rasmussen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rebecca-rasmussen/) > [“At the end of his visit, Mr. Peterson's doctor wrote out a complicated list of dietary recommendations for Bett, which included meat, meat, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rebecca-rasmussen/at-the-end-of-his-visit-mr-peterson-s-doctor-wrote-out-a-complicated/) [Rebecca Rasmussen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rebecca-rasmussen/) > [“What they didn’t understand then was that love, or even the play at love, wasn’t the same thing as forgiveness, which was what neither…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rebecca-rasmussen/what-they-didn-t-understand-then-was-that-love-or-even-the-play-at/) [Rebecca Rasmussen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rebecca-rasmussen/) > [“What would your word be?" Twiss said. Something to do with baking. Whenever Milly could scrape together enough flour, sugar, and butter, she'd bake…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rebecca-rasmussen/what-would-your-word-be-twiss-said-something-to-do-with-baking/) [Rebecca Rasmussen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rebecca-rasmussen/) > [“The town fair, which took place over the last weekend of August each year, was just over a month away. If their family agreed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rebecca-rasmussen/the-town-fair-which-took-place-over-the-last-weekend-of-august-each/) [Rebecca Rasmussen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rebecca-rasmussen/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/twiss/rebecca-rasmussen/#itemlist", "name": "4 Twiss Quotes By Rebecca Rasmussen", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“My art teacher says I have talent,\" Twiss told her father, thinking of her last piece. Although she usually preferred to draw things like bloody axes and pus balls, for the last project of the quarter her teacher had asked them to draw a picture of what happiness felt like. Twiss drew a flock of all different kinds of birds- red, blue, gray, green- taking flight from the top branches of an old-growth pine tree. 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