| 单词 | quilt |
| 例句 | Kabul was eerily silent, quilted in white, tendrils of smoke snaking up here and there. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z And in the night, when my coughing was dry and tough, feet padded into the room, hands repinned the flannel, readjusted the quilt, and rested a moment on my forehead. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z That would’ve been a good name for some of the first quilts I made. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z The parents brought in patch-work quilts from under the bed in the other room and spread them over the pallets. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z In my answer I wrote that the quilt was almost done. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z She was allowed to sleep later than I was in the morning, was given more food to eat, and had fewer tasks than I did, always the easier ones like airing the quilts and pillows. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z “After my husband passed, I made a whole quilt out of his clothes. Even made a square using a pair of his boxers. I washed them, of course.”Holly winked, but her face turned serious. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z He went back to the tent with the quilts and the furniture. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Though my arms are trapped, I rock my body to try to seal the quilt around me. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z She hands me my notebook, and stoops to gather up the quilt. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The Fabric Barn was the busiest I’d ever seen it, and I couldn’t restock quilting supplies fast enough. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z The different shapes and colors made the floor look like a quilt. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z I was in the backyard of our summer house by the lake, lying on an old quilt my mother used as a beach blanket. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z “For example,” the teacher went on, “the story I'm about to tell you was sewn into a quilt my own grandmother made, so it’s very special to me.” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z He tugged me to a sort of fort he’d made with an old patchy quilt tied to his and Karim’s bunk bed. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z The first ones would see Doc’s face when they gave him the beautiful quilt. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z She in her pink dress and me in my green suit, the two of us looking like a giant patchwork quilt. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z She still planned to polish the banister poles with the strips she had tom from her quilts. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z This morning I don’t want to get out of bed—my quilt is so warm. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z My neck ached from crooking over the quilting frame. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z She would lie in bed with the baby boy, the two girls wrapped in quilts on the floor, thinking. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z As Vivian tucks the quilt around her legs, Molly says, “Sorry for barging in like this.” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Holly started our first quilting club meeting with what she called “The History of American Quilt Making.” Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z His blue over-tunic was long, quilted, and dark, with yellow clasps that gleamed in the torch- light. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z It looked like the start of someone’s quilt. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Dresden plate quilts were also called friendship rings, grandmother’s sunburst, and sunflower quilts. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z After the party was over and most of the kids had gone home, Erlan and I hung out in the quilt fort in his bedroom and played Rock ’Em Sock ’Em Robots. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z In the middle of the night, I’d had a vision of the window framed in poster board stitched with super-bulky yarn like the edge of a quilting square. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z Each member of the family in his own cell of consciousness, each making his own patchwork quilt of reality—collecting fragments of experience here, pieces of information there. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z Two thick quilts and the three of us side by side by side. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z There wasn’t a single person I expected to see less at a quilting class than Nan. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z But before I shut the door, I go back and straighten the kantha quilt on my bed. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z “Then why no mention of it until today? Do you think it’s beyond us to provide you with clean quilts? An oilcloth, for that matter?” Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z There was the same iron bedstead, and the quilt was multicolored, faded but still cheerful with reds and blues and greens and yellows. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z The sour aunt lay under a quilt with her dentures in a jar by her bed, still as a marble duchess on a church tomb. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z There was candlelight, and there were bunks with quilts and blankets heaped on them. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z A star-patterned quilt lies on top of it, and a single pillow. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z I’d overslept and was eager to rush to the Fabric Barn to finish my quilting window display. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z Caravan guards wandered among the aisles in copper helmets and knee- length tunics of quilted yeUow cotton, empty scabbards swinging from their woven leather belts. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The girl is curled next to him, sharing his quilt. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z With the quilting thread, I tied off the cord and snipped. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z He has even visited the quilt shop in town so often that he’s been invited to the proprietor’s house for dinner. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z “Someone asked me an interesting question yesterday,” Morrie said now, looking over my shoulder at the wallhanging behind me, a quilt of hopeful messages that friends had stitched for him on his seventieth birthday. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Only then did Henry see the boy curled under the kitchen table, a quilt laid over him. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z My life was turning out a lot like one of Holly’s scrap quilt squares. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z At last she blew out the light, and slid down under the quilts. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z I had just saved her precious quilt from disaster, but would she appreciate it? Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Streets and alleys zigzagged with no rhyme or reason through quilts of neighborhoods. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I was so lost in amusing Hari with the pictures on my quilt, I didn’t hear his maa come into the room. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z When the hot weather came, I worked on the quilt in the courtyard, hoping for a little breeze. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z The students moved away from the bag in which they collected their quilting scraps and pulled up their feet that were dangling over the edge of the bed. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He was shirtless, and though mostly covered by the quilt, the arm that rested over it was corded with lean muscle. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z So I just ignore Momma, pull my quilt up over my head, and turn over. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z But the house and the quilts and the woman with the black hair—Luna had seen them before. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z And, if I may say so without boasting, I can handle a quilting needle with the best of them. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Momma was famous for pulling the quilts off after we had fallen asleep to examine our feet. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Her smile is as warm as a quilt. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z The summer before he started middle school, before he turned into pond scum, he got a forest-green quilt. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z A faded blue quilt lay folded neatly at the foot of the bed, and a desk was placed under the only window. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z I was cutting and bundling quilting squares into a dozen fat quarters, a-mix-and-matched stack of fabrics all measured and ready to sew. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z Mo’s quilt was cold when she crept under it, and the pillow didn’t yet smell of him either, only of laundry detergent. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Once again I began a quilt for my dowry. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Me and Dee-Dee slept in one room under our big quilt. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z They were huddled together like a circle of mushrooms after a rainstorm and hand sewing a big quilt with huge sunflower stars in the middle. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Winnie freed herself from the twisted quilt and went to a window. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z “What happened?” they asked, getting under the quilt to keep warm. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Even punk music felt more like a mismatched quilt than I had ever considered. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z “I’ll bring you a quilt from Nancy’s before I go in for the night,” he said shortly. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z She was spreading a quilt on the old sofa, making it into a bed for Winnie. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z After consulting the horizon on all four sides, she tore what was left of her quilts into several strips and resolved to polish the banister poles at a later time. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Soldiers wore armor made from sculpted, quilted cloth that was almost as effective at shielding the body as European armor and much fighter. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z There was no pillow, only a worn quilted coverlet. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z “And I still don’t understand why Shady was bidding against Jinx for the quilt,” Lettie said. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Her family was wealthy then, but that didn’t stop her from stitching entire quilts before breakfast, or spinning miles of wool before tea. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z His big rough hand is inside the quilt, and then it’s under my sweater, under my dress. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z There’s a white sheet, which I spread on the mattress and tuck around the edges, and a moth-eaten quilt. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z The apparition jumped over a fence and chased a stick that somehow landed in the middle of Ignatius’ quilt. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Soon after it gets dark, we lay out our quilts and blankets around the blaze and settle down for the night. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z “But it was probably Miss Sadie’s curse that doomed the quilt in the first place, don’t you think, Abilene?” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z She paused to smooth a quilt covering a chair. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Das’s quick black eyes darted from the quilt to me and back. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z But out of the bottom of her trunk she pulled up an old quilt. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z So I let my mother doctor me and feed me breakfast in bed and tuck another quilt around me. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z It had, in all truth, been freedom’s quilt. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Croft was lying flat on her back, her head on a peach-colored cushion, a thin white quilt spread over her body. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z I made a bedroll of the quilt I had made for my dowry. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Inside, the quilt on top of the opklapbed is wrinkled, with a faint depression in the middle. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Then they seemed like the kind of stories passed around an Amish quilt circle. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I hadn't made my bed; the quilt was shoved up against the wall, and the pillow lay on the floor. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Twisting in the quilt, I look up to see what happened. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Mr. Das bent over the quilt, taking a corner up in his hand and holding it close to his eyes. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Naomi tugged back the quilt to reveal an old push-pedal Singer machine. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z A quilt started by a young love and never finished for some tragic reason? Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Four sleeps on the floor and I sleep on his bed, on top of the quilt, breathing in the scent of his pillowcase. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Enthusiasm for the victory quilt waned, what with the president’s signature being blurred beyond recognition, but all were pleased to see it bring such a high bid. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z The blankets and the quilts and the buffalo robes were warmed, too. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z She had wrapped herself up in an old quilt instead of a winter coat. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z “You getting your quilt square ready for the victory quilt?” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Every patch on the quilt had come from a dress she had made for herself through the years. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z With its quilted liner, the poncho weighed almost 2 pounds, but it was worth every ounce. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I also had a piece of pathetic quilting so primitive that it looked like it had been done by Toddy Gates, Lula’s addle-brained brother. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z I pause by the doorway and look at him, half buried under the quilt, peaceful and strong. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z “Things of Ma’s. I don’t mean old clothes and letters and ragged quilts like you sent over. I mean—” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z He wasn’t sure what those amends would be until Shady made it clear to him at the New Year’s quilt auction. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z And I love to think about new quilt patterns. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z But yesterday I found a faded quilt in a pile of giveaways in our apartment building's laundry room. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I am covered up with heavy quilts and ordered to sweat, which I do—promptly. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z I jumped up, foolishly edgy, gathering the now-damp quilt and my book. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z We painted the kitchen and replaced the worn-out linoleum with new pieces of different colors and shapes, making the floor look like a quilt. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z Through a blur of tears Nat saw a narrow bed with a patchwork quilt, a washstand with a bowl and pitcher, a small table, and a chair. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Dad’s side of the quilt was untouched and the pillow was smooth. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Back where the press was thickest at the center of the column rode a man armored in dark grey plate over a quilted tunic of blood-red leather. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Zella has made it cozy with two rocking chairs, a patchwork quilt on the bed, colorful posters, and bright copper pots at the fireplace. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Grandma tucked our quilts around us, then turned out the light and went back to the bathroom. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Whenever a woman at the church has a baby, she makes a quilt for them. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z She gave her the patchwork quilt, the only beautiful object she had ever owned. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z A patchwork quilt of green and brown fields surrounded a huge barn and a slightly smaller house. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z “My mama always said piecing quilts is like making friends.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z She runs her hand along the quilt, smoothing the space between herself and Axel. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z In the corner there was something the size of a desk covered with an old quilt. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z The attic and the cellar were full of good things once more, and Laura and Mary had started to make patchwork quilts. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t feel right throwing the leftover letters away or keeping them under my bed again; so I placed them inside the quilt along with the batting just like they did in the old days. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z And since most of the silk available came from underclothing and evening dresses, the quilt was glorious in strips of flesh pink and orchid and pale yellow and cerise. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The first of December rolled around and all the quilt squares had been turned in—except one. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z I got a real quilted skirt and crinoline slip. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z When they finally returned, Yoren had a little girl in his arms, and March and Cutjack were carrying a woman in a sling made of an old tom quilt. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “Get a blanket. No, that quilt Bri liked so much. Bring it back here. We’ll wrap her up in it and take her back home.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z “At the auction nobody wanted the quilt, because it got wet and the president’s signature was all smudged, right?” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Madeline pulls a quilt from the back of the chair and wraps it around her frail frame. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z For my dowry I began to embroider a quilt, making all my worries stitches, and all the things I would have to leave behind pictures to take with me. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Mom set him down, and he toddled over to the bed, grabbing the quilt and then cruising around to the footboard. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z None of the women left their quilt patches in disarray to run to the house. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z From the back of the closet, she pulled her old duffel bag and took the quilt from her bed, a few old blankets. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Edward hadn’t moved a fraction of an inch, a carving of Adonis perched on my faded quilt. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z He rolled the quilts and blanket into a bundle and picked it up and went into the hall. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z The last bedroom had a ruffled quilt and pictures of ladies in old-fashioned dresses on the walls, pictures cut out of magazines and pasted on a white background. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Nell fell asleep in my lap shortly after dinner and didn’t wake when I laid her on a soft quilt that Eliza spread on the floor. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z At the back of the sling I had sewn a tiny quilted triangle, red at its center against two shades of green; it marked the baby’s nape for luck. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z So when the child regained consciousness, she was lying on the kitchen floor under a heavy quilt, trying to connect the pain between her legs with the face of her mother looming over her. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z Jesse shoved the pad and pencils , under his mattress and lay down flat, his heart thumping against the quilt. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z I was shivering like a wet dog; she put a heavy quilt over me. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z And then her heavy arm was lifted and put back gently under the quilt. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z There is a small chest of drawers, a crude night table between two twin beds, a lamp with a plaid paper shade, two wooden chests in which extra quilts are stored. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Tuma scratched his beard and pulled the old quilt he had wrapped around him tighter. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z Quilts were there, too, the very quilts Mother had told about. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z Well, anyhow, Sister, she’s put Ma’s tulip quilt on her bed. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z The road which passed the cabin lay like a thread dropped on a patchwork quilt. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z At the house, Rasheed covered her with a quilt when she lay on the couch, but there was a stiff, perfunctory air about this gesture. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z She wore a dressing gown of quilted black satin, holding it close under her chin. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z She held one corner of the Dresden plate quilt I’d recently finished. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z As if joining scraps of fabric to make a quilt, Molly puts them in the right sequence and stitches them together, creating a pattern that was impossible to see when each piece was separate. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Two broken washboards, piles of moth-eaten quilts, chairs with split seats. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z I selected that one and headed to the backyard, grabbing a ragged old quilt from the linen cupboard at the top of the stairs on my way down. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z And I can turn the saddest rag of a shirt to find the one good spot that can be snipped out and turned into a quilt patch. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z In my year on the prairie, I have learned to quilt. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z I spread it all out on top of my quilt and knelt at the side of the bed to look at it all there, my plunder. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z “I’m sorry,” he apologized to the unknown ancestor who had patiently made the quilt. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z She donned thick black breeches, a quilted tunic, and a green leather jerkin covered with overlapping plates of steel. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She reminded herself naggingly that she was in Hill House, but even the blue room meant only, right now, the bed with the blue coverlet and the blue quilt. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z The ladies of each fraternal order are invited to submit squares for a special victory quilt to be signed by President Woodrow Wilson himself on his tour of the Midwest. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z She crawled to the far corner of the bed, pulling the quilt under her chin. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z There’s an antique child’s rocking horse in the window, a threadbare quilt, a wooden-headed doll with a battered face. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z She then wiped the sweat off them and put them in a special quilted case she had made. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z I gave the quilt another tug, and finally, gradually, I had the monkey in my hand. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z There wasn’t room in the small apartment to wash, so I scrubbed the quilt and blankets in the courtyard behind the cooperage. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z When her eyes adjusted, she made out the girl and her baby lying on the floor on top of a quilt. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z She wrapped herself well in her quilt, which her mother had made before dying young. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z But the interior was unexpectedly cheerful, with a colorful quilt thrown over the bed in the corner and dried herbs hanging from the ceiling. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z I had to do the stitching of the quilt early in the morning or in the evening when the light was poor, so I went about with a frown from squinting. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z There was a table, a chest, a bedstead with a faded quilt, a spinning wheel, and a small loom. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z She has a pink quilt covering her bed, with pink pillows. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Much too large for me to wear, I’d thought to use the shirts for a quilt and pants for a rag rug but was now very glad I hadn’t. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Holly also asked Abby and me to start a quilting club at school, and she provided all the fabric. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z She closed the book and smoothed the quilt on her bed. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Tyrion garbed in heavy quilted breeches and a woolen doublet, and over it all he had thrown the shadowskin cloak he had acquired in the Mountains of the Moon. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The winner would collect a prize of five hundred dollars and the quilt would hang for a year in city hall. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z I burrowed beneath the warm weight of my quilt. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Starry gropes after the material that's been yanked from her hands, but it falls out of reach and the whole quilt tumbles down the chute. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “Pack your things up in the quilt, Ophelia, and then lie down and get some rest. We’re going to start living at Daffodil Manor tomorrow.” Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z I pulled the faded old quilt over my head, and later added the pillow, too. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z She’d made a little nest of pillows and quilts and stuffed animals, and she looked cozy and comfortable snuggled into it, a book propped up on her knees. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z It was a jacket and pantaloons made of heavy cotton, quilted and padded—the warmest of garments. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z They slept huddled together in the rank quilts in the dark and the cold. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z It’s a quilt of many different squares of fabric in all colors of purple with some red and orange sprinkled in. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z She decided that she would take the quilt with her, too. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z She shook the quilts once underneath the letter boxes where she lived, then once again at the mouth of the alley, causing the crows who were feeding on vegetable peels to scatter in several directions. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z “I wonder what kind of cereal I should get for Becca,” Terry muses as they drape the Irish Wreath quilt on the girl’s bed, across the hall from her grandparents’ suite. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z She was wearing quilted oven mitts in order to keep her hands warm. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Underneath a gray blanket he was using like a cape, she could see flashes of quilted red clothing that matched the girl’s. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z The girl opened the pine chest by the hearth and removed their quilting. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The doctor prescribed a glucose formula, crushed aspirins in a mortar, and told them to wrap the child with quilts and covers. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z They are on a ribbon of beach, sitting on a quilt. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Homer unfolded a moth-eaten quilt for them to sit on and distributed their portions on tin plates. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z He found Julie sitting on her end of the bed, staring at the quilt that covered the window of her bedroom. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z The room contained an iron bedstead covered with a faded quilt of a Double Wedding Ring pattern. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z She took a brown leather suitcase and a seabag stuffed with two quilts. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I emptied a bureau drawer full of ragged, baby-stained old quilts into a big box. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z We work together on one quilt, a pattern and fabric that a member of the group has brought in; as soon as that one is finished, we’ll move to the next. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z With the deadline for the contest closing in, Holly was selling more quilting supplies than anything else. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z She showed us the quilt she was piecing for the county fair. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z The smaller room across the hall was almost identical, except the quilt was faded blue instead of white. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z The quilt betrayed a crookedness in her thinking: run it up a pole as the flag of her wild country. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The Spaniards’ steel or chain mail armor and, above all, their steel helmets usually provided an effective defense against club blows, while the Indians’ quilted armor offered no protection against steel weapons. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z This landscape cries out to be captured in a quilt. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Pa looks down at the face, at the black sprawl of Dewey Dell’s hair, the out-flung arms, the clutched fan now motionless on the fading quilt. As I Lay Dying 1930-10-06T00:00:00Z At one end is a small stage with colorful handmade quilts hanging on either side of a giant gold cross. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z When Mia had finished, Pearl sat quietly, tracing the lines of quilting that spiraled across the bedspread. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I rolled under my quilt, balling up on my side, the way I usually slept. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Knitting supplies were mixed with quilting supplies, a scissors display was smack in the middle of a rack of corduroy, and the aisles turned and twisted rather than running in straight lines. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z She passed away two years ago, but when I’m wrapped in this quilt, it’s like her arms are reaching out to hug me when she knows I need it most. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z Black shadows hung in the adjoining room where the bed had been spread with Ellen’s newest quilt and the pillows dressed in fresh covers in honor of the guest. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z “We’ll go by the First Baptist Church and help with the food drive, and then we can stop in on a quilting circle at the nursing home. Oh, they’ll get a kick out of you.” Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z She placed the podaegi’s wide quilted blanket around Junha and took the long strap and wrapped it under his bottom, across his back, and then tied it in front of Jinjoo. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z And then, sinking deeper into the quilts, “I want... I want to be ... wonderful. Oh, Jesus, make me wonderful.” Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z I pull the quilt over my head, murmuring a prayer for my parents, for Bibi, who gave up everything to raise me. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z She told us how, long ago, paper was scarce so women cut up old letters and newspaper articles to make patterns, then stuffed the paper between the quilt layers for extra insulation. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z Father pushed me down on the mat and drew the quilt up about my neck. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Her bed is perfectly made with Gram’s homemade moss-and-cream-colored quilt folded up at the foot of the bed with my mom’s steamer in the corner. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z I close my eyes for a moment and imagine my deliciously soft bed and the worn kantha quilt. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z “Look,” Crenshaw said as he extracted his claws from my quilt, “I can’t go until I help you. I don’t make the rules.” Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z As I studied longer, I could see the creases where the quilt fell away from between his arms and sides. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z I sit at the edge of the bed and grab a fistful of quilt. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Sometimes she brushed his jacket free of hair and dandruff; he adjusted her worn quilt robe in return, tugging at the shoulders, buttoning the rhinestone buttons. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z A small stage is under construction for bands, and the quilting contest winner will be announced at 6 p.m. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z Warm as they looked at quilts and handmade furniture in a heated barn. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z “I think, as big as you are, we’d better get going on this quilt or we’ll never finish it before the baby comes.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Cora folded her quilt and retired to her room. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z No relying on knots to fasten my tiny quilt stitches into place. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z He thought about Tiller and Sairy’s place, with its cozy quilts and always the smell of something good cooking. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z Slowly I slid a quilt up over her pudgy toes, over those hands I’d held in mine so many times, and lastly over the top of her brown curls. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z A dozen times or more, they unearthed the TV from behind the toolshed, late at night, with the lights out and quilts pinned over the windows. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Windy stops and looks in the quilted pumpkin bag that has her name stitched on the front. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z But tonight I have my own room, the bed neatly made up with crisp white sheets and two clean quilts. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z I snipped a length of quilting thread from the spool. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Florida smoothed the quilt on the bed, licked her finger, and rubbed at a spot on the quilt. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z I’d cut and folded squares of fabric for the quilting class and tried to push away the thought of leaving, the box of letters under my bed, and Momma in general. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z The bed was made up, I saw the gleam of white linen on the pillow-case, and the tip of a blanket beneath the quilted coverlet. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z After the chair was settled and Ophie had taken a deep steadying breath, she placed the quilt from the wing chair on the rocker. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z As I get ready for bed, and then turn off the lights and pull up the feather quilt, I'm not thinking about my electric blanket and how much I miss it. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I pull back the quilt, examining the sheet below, doing the same for the mattress and pillow. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Mostly, the island was a hilly moor of sharp grass and wildflowers stretching from shore to shore like a lumpy quilt. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z Otherwise his dress was plain: studded leather jerkin over quilted doublet, worn boots, breeches of brown roughspun. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z She opened her mouth as if to say something else, then crumpled the quilt close to her heart and rocked in place for a moment. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Before I tackle a new project, however, I must finish the quilt started for a soon-to-arrive new resident. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Mrs. Dalai turned away and looked at one of the quilts. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z The girl child never even sat alone, although the time was past for this, but lay uncomplaining hour after hour wrapped in an old quilt. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z It was a lovely gesture and that quilt has been on my divan all these years. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Grandma studied up on the topic, and we talked for hours while she taught me how to do the quilting for Mother’s birthday present. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I was pleased to see she took the quilt I had made in Hari’s memory. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z The unfortunate explosion of fireworks in the water tower—and subsequent dousing of the president and the newly signed victory quilt—was a somewhat surprising turn of events. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Now both the notebook and my quilt seem foul, dingy, and ruined, damaged beyond repair. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Pa looks down at the face, at the black sprawl of Dewey Dell’s hair, the out- flung arms, the clutched fan now motionless on the fading quilt. As I Lay Dying 1930-01-01T00:00:00Z It was more atlas than map, bound in quilted leather dyed a deep burgundy, each page drawn carefully on what looked like parchment. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z In her apartment, she sank into her borrowed bed and wrapped herself in the quilt. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z She went over it again and again, lying wrapped in the quilt, while outside the moon rose, turning the pond to silver. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z He woke up crying in a shallow hole beside the clay bank where his mother had thrown the old quilt. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z We were playing Operation, only we couldn’t play it in the quilt fort because Erlan’s sister Ainyr was in there crying. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z He got out his thick, quilted, thigh-length coat, the one his father said could keep him warm at the North Pole. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z He looked at the sturdy cast drying, his foot safe inside now, wrapped in what used to be Vola’s quilt. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z He wraps Madame in quilts, but eventually she shivers so deeply, so profoundly, that he takes the big heavy rag rug off the floor and lays it on top of her. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z David pulls me into his arms and his hug feels like I’m enveloped in my beloved kantha quilt. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z “Beans!” he shouted, and tossed a quilt into my arms. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z When I got home, I joined my brothers and SanJuanna and Alberto in carrying quilts and winter clothing outside for airing. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Earlier that day, I’d asked Ali to set up the kursi for us—which was basically an electric heater under a low table covered with a thick, quilted blanket. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Panting, she threw a quilt over him and let him lie. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z They were being led by a man who wore a vest of chain mail over a quilted blue jacket. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z It was a quilted jacket made of hundreds of different-colored patches. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z I pace around the show, up and down the former aisles, around the checkout counters where Jody’s sculptures pose like models on a runway, past the wall where Carolyn’s quilts yell defiance. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “A week’s not nearly enough time for a good quilt. But for five hundred dollars, I’m dang sure going to try.” Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z We carted everything we had from town to town by bus—clothes, books, hats, and these huge quilts my mother had brought from Europe. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z She looked up the ladderlike stairs, and as the sound of falling water tightened around her she knew her quilts were turning into yogurt. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z “Now, ladies, everyone take a quilt square and flyer.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z She had begun to shake again, and the quilt did not warm her. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Plus, Erlan had put the quilt up in front of his door, so he said the entire room was a quilt fort now, which meant no cameras ever. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z “I know Brent Chisholm and Lexie Kirk are about to play, but let’s be honest, the real reason we’re all here is to see who wins this quilt contest. Am I right?” Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z The memories of that moment were like an unfinished quilt, patched together with careless thread and always threatening to unravel. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z We lay there in the darloiess under quilts, our voices bouncing back from the bare walls; and we chuckled and had a great time talking about the miracles. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The Olinka men make beautiful quilts which are hill of animals and birds and people. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Instantly, his mind moved elsewhere, to the holler, to the cabin, to the loft, to the bed with its soft quilts. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z Every other Thursday after supper, Mrs. Nielsen and I join Mrs. Murphy and six other ladies at a quilting group. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Mom’s new twin bed appears tiny under the weight of a mature sheet set, the edges of the quilt comforter sweeping the floor. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z After this she started to beat the quilts on each side with her broom. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z The chamber of commerce is also sponsoring a quilt competition with a grand prize of five hundred dollars contributed by local businesses. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z She took another section of quilt and stripped the batting off, then ripped the yellow calico into strips and dunked them into the plaster. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z “I have to go,” Axel says, tucking the seam of the quilt under the mattress. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z “No, no more quilts. You shouldn’t take pills that aren’t prescribed for you. ‘Don’t eat pills you find on the curb,’ you always told us.” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z She shivered and sat up in bed to reach for the quilt at the foot. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z More and more my thoughts flew to Raji, and I stayed up late in the evenings, finishing the quilt. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z She wore a flower-print dress that had been patched so many times it almost looked like a quilt. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z What I felt, right then, was that she was smiling through pained eyes, that the reason for my visit had spread sadness like a dark quilt over the whole house. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Our room was very plain, so I hung my dowry quilt on one of the walls to make the room more cheerful. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z “Tell me about this quilt you have embroidered. The clouds there—why have you put those in?” Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z That meant that her bucket, quilts, and the bundle of reeds which served as her broom all had to be braced under one arm. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Naomi thought for a moment about getting the quilt she’d hidden in the tree, but there would be no way to explain it without giving up her hiding spot. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Unlike the girl in the novel, she hadn’t made it herself, knew little about quilting or sewing or craftiness. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z This time she sat up, pulling the quilt around her in sudden embarrassment, and answered, “No, not yet.” Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Across from them, the twins shared a giant quilt with Katie and Jean. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z The quilt, finished and backed, was in a big cardboard box in the bar. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The child always slept under a quilt, even in the terrible summer heat. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z The road winds through farmland that looks like a rough quilt in the glow of the rising moon. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z After a while I stopped looking at the quilt, for it made me very homesick. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z He went into the room where he slept and he laid himself upon the bed and he wrapped the quilt about his head that he might not hear the beast’s bellowing when it died. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z She got it into her head to make Lottie a quilt—“a sister quilt”—so I am helping her. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z I watched as he tiptoed over to the chest, raised the lid, pulled out a quilt, wrapped it around him. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z There was even a place on the quilt for Mala, though I had heard she was no longer at Mr. Gupta’s. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z The quilt was rolled out on a display rack used for hanging clothes. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z He lighted the shank of candle in the japanned candlestick and regarded the bed—as spineless as a hammock and covered with a dirty patchwork quilt, the cotton batting spilling from the edges. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “Let’s watch something else,” her mother had said suddenly, and she’d changed the channel to a show about quilting. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z I finger the thick toweled robes, read the labels on the amenities, pat the eiderdown quilts, inspect the well-stocked refrigerator, and step into the huge, empty, gleaming bathtub. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I sit up, letting the quilt fall to my waist. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z The clouds were low, but the half moon was lower still and shone a gray, feeble light on their quilted undersides. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z This group, I learn, made the quilt on my bed in the pink bedroom. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z On really hot nights, Gregor and his mother could spread quilts on the floor to sleep, but with five in the room it wasn’t cool, just lukewarm. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Bill nodded then, and reaching down, tucked the quilt about Jethro’s shoulders. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z The farther away the sound of howling dogs, the farther away the sound of the trains, the tighter I curled myself under the quilt. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z When Chandra went to her, Sass said, “It would not be such a bad thing if your dowry were to include a quilt. Let her make one if it doesn’t keep her from her tasks.” Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z She's wearing jeans and a quilted blue jacket, the same shade of blue that covers a third of her truck. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Dora’s girls were making him a patchwork quilt, a beautiful thing of silk. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z I tried to remember every detail, even down to the Hungarian woman's not being allowed to contribute a quilt square. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Day after day the skies quilted over and the houses of Phippsburg shivered and croodled together and the rain spilled down onto leaves that hung brown and heavy with the wet. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z Her bed is a high four-poster with white sheets and yellow quilt. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z The heavier feather quilts were spread out on clean sheets in the sun, and we took turns shooing the inquisitive dogs and cats and chickens away from them. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z “We can offer you a quilt, a bathrobe, a toothbrush, and a lot of homemade food,” Kendra said. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z The quilts that cover the dining table are dirty. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z When I woke on the quilt next to Nell, I smelled her, then realized she was soaking wet. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Martin stuffed one of the old quilts into a chair without a seat and sank into it by degrees over the course of his visit. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Each quilt takes about four months to finish. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z She gave me rags for the quilt and a few rupees to buy thread. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z The Manifest Victory Quilt will be auctioned off to the highest bidder during the New Year’s festivities at the Manifest depot following the president’s quilt signing. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z No, it stretched out high and smooth and far, like a heavenly quilt on an unseen frame. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Mary had made the dress herself, when Laura thought she was sewing on her patchwork quilt. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z In the end she settled for one of Lord Ramsay’s quilted doublets and a well-worn pair of breeches that flapped about her legs like a ship’s sails in a storm. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Nana used to knit it into her quilts all the time. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Mats cover the cracked concrete floor, making a crazy quilt of colored rattan and woven plastic. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z My arms go limp, and the quilt falls into my lap. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z I’m goin’ to get you some quilts and things from Nancy’s place; I’ll bring you what grub I can lay hands on—I can always get eggs and a chicken for you. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z It wasn’t until the ground had changed into a tiny patch-work quilt that she withdrew her nose, and faced her mother again. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z Then he lay down and drew the thick quilt about his shoulders and pretended to sleep. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z I folded myself into as small a ball as I could and pulled the quilt over my head to drown out the frightening sound. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z She glanced at the little bundle that Harriet was carrying, at the quilt, and invited her in. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Each of the families in Bumblebee was sort of like a piece of a big old quilt—their very own patchwork already woven together. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z And the refugees are lucky if they get quilted toilet paper. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Then she goes over to the closet and takes out a quilt. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Harriet went to live in his cabin, taking with her her one beautiful possession, the patchwork quilt. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead of sitting me in the special little chair my parents had bought for me, she plopped me on my back in the middle of the floor on a large, soft quilt. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z Their oldest son, Logan, round and berry-brown from a day in the sun, is digging a hole nearby, while the newest addition, Luke, lies on a quilt wearing a swim diaper. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z Then Shadrach turned the covers of the bed back and smiled as he watched his guest burrow under the quilts and curl up into a small, relaxed spiral in one comer. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z The room seemed dressed up with the glowing new quilts and the repainted trunks. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The bed is narrow, covered by a solid brown quilt. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z She took down her mother’s drapes from the dining room and packed them up with her grandmothers quilts from the bedrooms. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “Your maa is angry with me over the earrings and would never give me cloth for the quilt or money to buy thread.” Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z The down quilt Mom put on my bed is too light, and it keeps slipping off during the night. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z This was a bedroom with a plain iron bedstead overlaid with a thin white quilt. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z He was peaceful unless you took his scrap of quilt away, and then he became distressed and produced horrible, loud mooing noises until he got it back. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z I’d told them all about the Manchurian Fire Thrower, the untimely demise of Junior Haskell, the explosion at the water tower, and the unfortunate dousing of the victory quilt. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z She made clothes for her five daughters throughout their lifetimes, and she also made curtains for the windows and sewed quilts for the beds. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z I heard her pull up the quilt, I heard her turn over, I heard her sigh. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z The silence wrapped around her like a quilt, a silence made up of trees growing and corn ripening, of the bright sky glowing and the distant water following its tides. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z But calling Momma and saying a few unfamiliar words had my heart feeling like it was stretched across Holly’s quilting frame. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z Mrs. Devi said, “When I first saw your quilt, Koly, I thought of my baap. He came from a village very like yours.” Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z The quilts on our beds and the clothes in our chest were limp and smelled of mildew. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z The picture side shows a black-and-white etching of a child in a bed covered in fluffy pillows and a checkered quilt, not in a nursery but under a star-sprinkled night sky. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “Get your clothes on. And get them blankets and quilts. We got to get out of here.” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z I tucked the quilt around her and stood up, quickly changing into my clean day shift. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Once she’d parked well off the roadside, she locked all the doors, climbed into the backseat, and wrapped herself in her old quilt. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Granted, I wouldn’t be looking out at a quilt of sprouting grain as I survey my flax and wheat fields had my neighbors not intervened. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z I stand numbly as my mother and sister battle over my quilt in a fierce, silent echo of the sheet folding they'd done the day before. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The quilts Jethro had taken from Nancy’s house had made the long night more comfortable; he had washed himself in the creek and looked refreshed. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z The king wore lambswool breeches and a quilted doublet, yet somehow he looked as stiff and uncomfortable as if he had been clad in plate and mail. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z As I walked, I thought about a quilt I’d been wanting to make. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Pilate stood up, wrapped her quilt around her, and with a last fond look at the baby, left through the kitchen door. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z I peeked out my one window to be greeted by a sky like a gray flannel crazy quilt. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z “Come jump under the quilt, child, before you catch cold.” Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z It was then that Frear could drag himself to a bedroom, climb into a bed, and pull a quilt over his head to shut out the fire. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z To those weapons, Atahuallpa’s troops, without animals on which to ride into battle, could oppose only stone, bronze, or wooden clubs, maces, and hand axes, plus slingshots and quilted armor. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “The quilt is gorgeous, but it would be ruined in my humble dwelling. I’ll not let you waste your generosity on me; I would not know what to do with such niceties.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Reluctantly, Florida eased out from under the quilt. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z Hearing the rough snap of each button, I bend and squirm but am trapped in the quilt like a fly in a web. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Cora was too distracted to reverse her mistakes in the quilt. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z I emptied the crate, and Mae gave me an old quilt to line it. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z I started out of bed, then snagged the quilt to wrap around my shoulders. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z And the women were piecing together another quilt, only this time, instead of a victory quilt, it was a friendship quilt, and they asked Miss Sadie to make the center square. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Hams and pheasants were hanging from the ceiling, a copper kettle was boiling on the open fire, and in the corner stood a massive bed with a patchwork quilt over it. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z The book left open on my bed, the disheveled kantha quilt, the long black cotton scarf with red roses embroidered on it, my phone plugged into the nightstand. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z She lifts up Grandma’s quilt and snuggles in next to me. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z The blessing is that these heartbreaks are but a few of the patches in my prairie year quilt. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Gilly willed the woman not to look, not to stare at the funny little brown face poked up above the faded quilt, the mouth gaped and trembling with each noisy breath. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z It was the last thing he thought of before the warm and cozy weight of his own quilt took him. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z The Hungarian woman shook her quilt square, her bracelets jangling. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z “A quilting frame. I used to have classes here. You ever work on quilts?” Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z Nancy was amazed and proud, and her mother, often so timid and distant, had hugged and kissed him, insisting that he wrap up in a quilt and sit close to the parlor fire. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Back in his room, he tipped onto the bed, prone atop the quilts, and was asleep halfway through his second breath. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z “Keep your victory quilt. I give you a curse.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z I had to squeeze in the time for the quilt, for there was much to do to prepare for the wedding. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z The other corner of the room has her bed and quilt, bright with patches of color. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z On the rooftop Boori Ma hung her quilts over the clothesline. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Some of her pieces are patchwork quilts, in inventive designs. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z I reached out a goose-fleshed arm to pull up a quilt, but of course there wasn’t one. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z “So, this baby couldn’t wait for his quilt to be finished?” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Dad sat at the end of the bed, and he kept patting Ivy’s leg under the pink-and-white floral quilt, like he was making sure she was still there. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Yanking the door open, Ma begins to stuff the quilt inside the chute. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z While we played, Mom made two quilt covers out of the gowns, one deep purple and the other a bright gold. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z All around the edge of the quilt I put a border of bugs and butterflies. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z The Olinka men make beautiful quilts which are full of animals and birds and people. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I pulled my quilt over my head and tried to block out the sounds. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Then she dragged a third quilt, the thick, homemade Chinese kind, across me. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z She quilted it together from her old cotton saris, and even some that had been worn by my great-grandmother. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z I felt as if the final piece of a crazy quilt had just been stitched in place. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z I see a blue patchwork quilt under my head and wince as I tilt my head to see where the water sound is coming from. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Mr. Whiskers answered by burrowing deeper under the quilt. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z At night, Horan and the other men rolled out their poncho liners—thin, quilted nylon blankets that provided a little warmth—and slept on the packed dirt floor of a hut. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Voices call to her in ragged words stitched together from many languages, like dissonant scraps of quilt. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Marie-Laure drags the heavy rag rug from the floor of Madame Manec’s apartment all the way to the sixth floor and drapes it over her quilt. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z “How many of you have a patchwork quilt that your mama or your grandmama sewed herself?” she asked. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z I waited for Mother to throw off the quilt and scold us. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Malloy shows me around the house, to a room that has a bed covered with the most beautiful quilt I’ve ever seen. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z We spent the morning hanging out in Erlan’s quilt fort, playing board games. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z There were four beds in the room, each covered with a brightly colored quilt: hundreds of patches of red and orange and yellow and brilliant green stitched together. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z The teapot is sitting under a thick quilted dome to keep it piping hot. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z Some two weeks after being stuffed into a trunk, Gabriel Witter sat on the edge of a mostly comfortable bed with a brown and orange quilt draped over his shoulders. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z I yank my underpants up and my dress and sweater down, sit up and stumble to my feet, clutching the quilt around me. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Later, a different girl had made a man of him upon a ragged quilt in the shade of that tall grey-green sentinel. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Stella grabbed a quilt, covered herself and Jojo on his bed by the hearth, and began to pray. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z I crawl into bed, pull my quilt over my head, and try to slow the pounding of my heart. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z She spread the two quilts on top of the bed and put her slippers side by side underneath. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z No, it more resembled a giant’s quilt—white, of course, because of the several feet of snow—spread out over an enormous bed. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z When she worked on the quilt, head bent, awkward fingers guiding the needle carefully through the material, she experienced a strange, tender feeling that was new to her. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z He wound the strands together, weaving them into a bright, shimmering quilt. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z I fell onto the mattress and pulled the quilt over my head. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z To be honest, so am I. I’m sure you have guessed that I am making you a quilt. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Oftentimes I find him asleep on the couch in the living room, his form under a quilt like the exposed root of an old tree. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z I sit on his bed and gather the quilt in my arms, burying my face in the fabric and taking deep breaths of it through my nose. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z I tell him instead about the quilt I’m making for the baby, how I cut the pattern out of newspaper and then fine sandpaper, which sticks to the material. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z He spread the quilts upon the floor and rolled himself into them. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z I carried with me my quilt, a sandalwood box that held the silver earrings, and a photograph of my parents, my two brothers, and myself. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Now, huddled inside the ragged quilt, she was sucked down, in spite of herself, into a black whirlpool of slumber, where nightmare phantoms whirled with her, nearer and nearer, toward some unknown horror. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Sighing, I mark my place mid-sentence with a semicolon, tuck the pen and notebook under the quilt, and climb back into our bedroom. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I touched the quilt on the bed, traced with my fingers the monogram on the nightdress case, R de W, interwoven and interlaced. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z “There was much churning in Manifest those many years ago. A war. A quilt. And a curse...” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z The quilt ladies were still working as I marched by real quick down to the kitchen. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z She made quilts in her craft room, and the hum of the sewing machine could be heard throughout the downstairs. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z The ladies buying upholstery fabric agreed and attacked my quilting display. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z She found that she had thrown the quilt off during the night and had finished sleeping in her usual manner, with her head on the pillow. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z “Jane, your little feet are bare; lie down and cover yourself with my quilt.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z They formed a little procession, Rachel and Judith supporting the invalid at each elbow, and Kit following behind to hold up the trailing ends of the quilt from the sanded floor. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z His little sister, Jutta, with a quilt around her shoulders and a radio earpiece trailing from her left ear. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The beds had quilts, blankets, sheets, and pillows. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z “You’re always catching colds when you come home. You must be eating too much yin. Let me get you another quilt.” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Esteban pulled back the threadbare damask quilt and saw his mother’s legs. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z A warmth wrapped over me, like I was being covered with a quilt. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z They jump from faded paint on the wall to frayed edges on the quilt cover to a David Letterman bobble-head on top of a stack of magazines, on top of an old record player. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z She wore a pink nightgown and a quilted robe. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z The night had a quilted, weighted-down quality, as if somehow burdened, and all around us the Minnesota prairies reached out in long repetitive waves of corn and soybeans, everything flat, everything the same. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Lying flat on my back on the beady quilt in my bedroom, I was listening through the walls. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z Sybil and Molly encouraged her—they had badgered her into their pastime—but the quilt was botched. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z She worked all day now and the child lay on an old torn quilt on the ground, asleep. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z She was looking around the hem to see if the quilt maker had stitched in her initials, but the edges were all raying away. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z His grandma lay on the bed covered by a thin cotton quilt. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z He pulled the quilt up about my neck. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z They ate and the old man sat wrapped in his solitary quilt and gripped his spoon like a child. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z She swept up the quilt that Grandma gladly surrendered. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z It said that the children were last seen wearing nylon quilted ski jackets. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z He nodded as if the quilt were something of value that had been dropped upon his path. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z "I bet Rosalie baked bread and patched quilts and dumb stuff like that." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z Miss Leefolt still got her hair curlers in and she in her blue quilted bathrobe. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z One single bed, unmade, the quilt bunched, the sheets rumpled. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z I nodded, wondering if there was something in the quilt she did not like, and I would lose my job and be thrown out of Maa Kamala’s house. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z What I lack in knitting prowess I am making up for with a quilting needle. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z The sprawling brick buildings of Harlem are laid out like a quilt beneath us. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Ben stirred under the ragged quilt, and then turned over. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z A sleeping young woman is propped up on silk pillows stuffed with feathers; a quilted blanket laced with thick gold ribbons lies over her. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z “What time is it, Ma?” asked a muffled, adolescent voice from beneath a quilt. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Two pairs of knitted wool stockings between her feet and the cold boards, the blue shawl wrapped securely about her ears, and a heavy quilt swaddled around her from head to foot. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z With the quilt pulled up around her she found herself looking with quick apprehension at the window, shining palely in the darkness, and then at the door. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z Hagrid’s cabin comprised a single room, in one corner of which was a gigantic bed covered in a patchwork quilt. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z But tonight the younger women were huddling together under the quilts, the ghost room with its door open steps away. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z When she made the quilt, she was transformed. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z I gently stroked the hand that was outside the quilt. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The bedspread is flowery and quilted and has a sheen to it. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z Not that I had much to give but, after some last-minute quilting, I was satisfied. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z There’s a green patchwork quilt on the bed. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z When we are done, the great room is decorated with piggy banks and patchwork quilts, stacks of children’s books, a lamp shaped like an owl. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z The lighter patchwork quilts were hung over the clothesline, and we set to heating them with all our might. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z He sat at one of the long curving tables, poring over manuscripts laid out like patches in a quilt. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Instead he jumped up on Mother’s quilt and prepared to pick apart his breakfast. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The long gowns were so large that the back of one was big enough for half a quilt cover. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Toddy didn’t go to school but instead spent his days in a corner of his room, clutching the ragged remnant of an old quilt and rocking himself without ceasing. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z I’m like a bizarre patchwork quilt of skin. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Finally she took her quilt and went into Mom’s room. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z The Friendship turned and banked eastward, climbing over green hills quilted with tea plantations and small farms. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z There wasn’t much to the narrow room: a clothes cupboard, some shelves, and a bed of tidy, tightly packed feather mattresses covered with hand-embroidered quilts. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Florida heard the faint wail of the freight train as it wound its way through the distant hills, and she pulled the quilt up close to her face. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z Vivian holds the quilt by two corners and shakes it out, then carries it over and drapes it across Molly’s lap. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z The Seattle people passed into memory and winter savings accounts; stoves were stoked, fires banked, books taken down, quilts mended. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z He thrust toward her a heavy quilt, none too clean even in that dim light, but a gesture of kindness nonetheless. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z But this was the big day for judging cattle, quilts, and cookery, so the grounds were packed, though it was a nickel to get in. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Letting herself breathe easy now, Pecola covered her head with the quilt. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z Now, he saw in his flashlight beam, his mother slept under eiderdown quilts that were just beginning to yellow. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z I grabbed a fistful of the quilt and pulled. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z She was hidden under her quilt, with only her head poking out, staring at Buddy’s and Lucy’s suitcases sitting on the two empty beds. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z Green dimity curtains hung over the windows in Theodora’s room, the wallpaper was decked with green garlands, the bedspread and quilt were green, the marble-topped dresser and the huge wardrobe were the same. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z “Would you make me a quilt?” she asked. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z He was dressed in warm enough garments, a thickly padded and quilted coal-silk anorak and fur boots, but they had a secondhand look and didn’t fit well. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z I sees it catch on a quilt this time and raise that quilt up and drop it on the floor. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z I spotted a couple in bright quilted jackets with their arms around each other’s waists weaving their way down to the bottom of the gorge. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I began crying to myself under the quilt. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He opened one eye, saw the brilliant colors of the quilt and closed his eye quickly. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Yet as the quilt pattern developed, she thought it was as beautiful as the wild flowers that grew in the woods and along the edge of the roads. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z It was neck and neck between Shady Howard and the boy Jinx until the youngster won out, taking home the 1918 victory quilt for a bid of $25.75. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z I drenched the quilt she never finished, rusted the metal parts of her sewing machine. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z Groggily I get up, wrapping a quilt around myself, and follow him to the living room. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z One more night along the way and the sky had turned into the underside of a thick quilt. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z Though he was wearing a soldier’s quilted canvas jacket, red leggings, and high leather boots, somehow he seemed familiar. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z Tally felt the heat still rising from the bed, the straw mattress and thick quilts fuel for the conflagration. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z I brought my quilt, climbing on Hari’s bed the better to show it to him. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z He pulled out the two quilts and carried them over to Lily, who had a collection of food in her arms. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z “But with my quilting, I think I’d set the war effort back a few Liberty Bonds.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Without a word Theodora took up the quilt from the foot of the doctor’s bed and folded it around Eleanor and herself, and they moved close together, slowly in order not to make a sound. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z Because the weather was so cold, she took an old quilt from her bed and threw it over him so he wouldn’t catch cold while he waited for her. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z He sat beside the small figure wrapped in the quilts and blankets. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z Osh spent some time in the garden, though it was as tidy as a Quaker quilt, and then came to sit beside me. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z |
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