How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #4
"Your folks look cool," I said. "Is that home?" Zia seemed like she wanted to get angry, but she kept her emotions under control. Or maybe she just didn't have the energy. "It was my home. The village no longer exists." (17.33-34)
Maybe it's because Zia has lost her childhood home that she's so enthusiastic about being a magician and proving her loyalty to the House of Life. Zia is another example of magic's connection to people who have gone through untraditional or difficult experiences in their home and family lives.
Quote #5
I also decided not to tell him what had finally changed me back to human. I hadn't focused on Dad at all. I'd imagined Mum alive, imagined us walking down Oxford Street together, gazing in the shop windows and talking and laughing—the kind of ordinary day we'd never gotten to share. (23.10)
Sadie's relationship with her mom is strong enough to bring her home into her own body, which reminds us that our bodies are our first homes. If you're at home in your body, you can be at home no matter where you go (for magicians who can shape change, though, the issue sure gets more complicated sometimes).
Quote #6
I'd heard stories about how thousands of people cross the border from Mexico illegally each year, looking for work and a better life, but it was startling to actually see them in front of me—a man and a woman hurrying along, carrying a little girl between them. (30.49)
We're not saying that Carter's naive—okay, yes we are—but yeah, obviously there are tons of people who leave their homes in search of better ones. Probably very few people like emigrating (and even fewer like doing so illegally), but the Kane kids' lives and homes aren't the only ones disrupted by forces beyond their control.