How we cite our quotes: (Part.Paragraph)
Quote #1
Miss Kelly was the only one who mentioned the possibility of her coming home on holidays. No one else mentioned it. (1.215)
When Eilis decides to leave Ireland, she does so assuming that she'll never be able to return to her childhood home. To be honest, it was a lot harder to globe-trot back when you couldn't just take an Uber to an airport.
Quote #2
Rose was thirty now, and since it was obvious that their mother could never be left to live alone [...] Rose would not be able to marry. (1.222)
And not just that—it also means that Rose will never be able to leave home. In many ways, Rose is sacrificing herself for her sister, bearing the burden of her mother's care so Eilis can move on to a better life. This is a selfless act, and not one that Eilis will ever forget.
Quote #3
His saying that at the beginning he would have done anything to go home was strange. He had said nothing about this in his letters. (1.305)
Although Eilis has no idea how to handle her feelings of homesickness, she takes some comfort in the knowledge that her brother Jack went through similar emotions. Even with this, however, she struggles to figure out how to dig herself out of the hole of depression.