How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #7
I'd spent years dreaming of being back with my parents, together in our house in L.A. But not like this: not with the house just an afterimage, and my mom a spirit, and my dad…recycled. (41.78)
Once you grow up, you can never go home, or at least not to the home of your childhood. Sadie and Carter are learning this the hard way. Growing up changes how you perceive your childhood home, and by then, the home itself has probably changed on its own, too. In the Kanes' case, you can grow up to be a godling and have your parents turn out to be not-quite-dead. That will definitely change how you perceive your home.
Quote #8
And as soon as I'd found a new home—a mansion with a proper breakfast and friendly pets and quite a nice room for me, by the way—Uncle Amos disappeared, my lovely new crocodile and baboon friends were tossed in a river, and the mansion was set on fire. (11.3)
Of all the life transitions, moving or losing your home is one of the hardest. Sadie certainly realizes this, and she complains about how just as she was starting to get settled in to the Brooklyn mansion, that home was taken away from her, too.
Quote #9
Once I saw Desjardins' house, I hated him even more. It was a huge mansion on the other side of the Tuileries, on rue des Pyramides. (18.109)
Desjardins must lead a pretty charmed life: he's second in command to the Chief Lector of the House of Life, and he's got a decked-out home in Paris. Based on the fact that it's all tricked out with warding spells, we're guessing this place is dear to him. He probably enjoys his fancy French foods and wines right here.