tablecloth Quotes

“What worries me the most,′ she continued, ‘is the opposite, the possibility that they’re not trying. They could communicate with us, all right, but they’re not doing it because they don’t see any point to it. It’s like...”--she glanced down at the edge of the tablecloth they had spread over the grass--“like the ants.”

“On Friday night Anna’s mother would say the praters that started with Sabbath. The family ate challah and chicken soup. The quilt was a tablecloth.”

“While they were working, and working hard, some more made a tablecloth out in the yard.”