How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #4
The hose was wrestled earthward, the nose pointed at the car, and water speared into the fire's black heart; sparks raced skyward like demons. The fire hissed, dodging the spray; flames wrapped furiously around the tires and heaved out greasy smoke. (9.104)
Notice how the fire is described here, as though it's personified. Gabriel seems to think of the fires in this way, perhaps because they are so alive and significant to him—so just like Finnigan, Gabriel sees the life and language of nature.
Quote #5
From the pulpit the priest reminded his flock that nothing is worth the price of a life, no crime unforgivable by God. My father replied that, by wading uninvited into the argument, the Church was bringing itself dangerously to the attention of the godless firebug. (9.53)
It's telling that a group of vigilantes and angry men try to settle the score in the church. We get that it's the cornerstone of the community, but it's yet another way in which the spiritual seems to permeate everything in the town.
Quote #6
He came already named, in honor of me: surrender. The angel thought he stopped the fires; he didn't. It was only Surrender. (10.1)
Finnigan thinks about how the dog's name is part of his influence over people—specifically Gabriel. Finnigan makes people surrender, and has a powerful, almost invisible quality when doing so. No one seems to target Finnigan (or Gabriel) for all the wrong doing that he does in the town.