How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #1
Inman's only thought looking on the enemy was, Go home. (1.37)
Sounds like an action movie at first, with a steely-eyed hero growling "Go home." But what if it's doing more than that? Maybe it's Inman's own longing for home appearing in a different way. Maybe he genuinely wants the Federal soldiers to leave him alone and make it back to their own homes in peace.
Quote #2
I am coming home one way or another, and I do not know how things might stand between us. (1.67)
Right here at the beginning, we see that Inman thinks of Cold Mountain as home, and hopes for a life there with Ada. Would he still think of it as home if she doesn't accept him?
Quote #3
—You're not yet ready to return home? Sally asked.
—Home? Ada said, momentarily confused, for she had felt all summer that she had none. (2.81-82)
Ada doesn't feel at home on the land she has inherited from her father, and she doesn't feel at home in the Charleston society where she was raised. What would it take for her to feel at home?