Answer:
What Quiden meant by this analogy is that the American people are very diverse and different, but united by the same sadness.
Explanation:
In "A Quilt of a Country," we are introduced to the argument that states that no matter how different we are from each other and where in the country we are, we were all overcome by immense sadness and melancholy, during the 9/11 attacks. This sadness revealed that despite diversity and differences we are united in one nation, we are several patches together on the same bedspread, in the same quilt.
