How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #7
"It was such a good dream," I tell Jude, wanting him to believe me, "and I wanted to stay but he threw me off the tree and then I woke up."
"You weren't asleep, Taylor," Mr. Palmer says flatly, "and you didn't faint." (25.88-89)
Whoa. Taylor died?? Apparently so—after all, an asthmatic getting near smoke from a fire isn't exactly the best combination. Since we've seen her have multiple asthma attacks when she gets stressed out up to this point, it's obvious that her condition is a proverbial gun that has to go off at some point. And it also makes for a pretty creepy spiritual moment in the book.
Quote #8
I look at Jude's face and I see it whiten and we vow never ever to tell the others. My mind that night is full of images of those kids I once saw in the newspaper cuttings on Jessa's bed and of the two who went missing from Yass on the day Jude caught up with me and Jonah. And of the voice Jonah needed to believe was his father, warning us not to go any farther because we would never come back. (27.5)
Just to recap, Taylor and Jonah were actually in a vehicle with the serial killer himself. And if Jonah hadn't dreamed about his father and acted on the message he seemed to be sending, he and Taylor probably would have become statistics on his list of victims. In this story, dreams are a major spiritual way that characters communicate with each other.
Quote #9
Jessa leans her head against her. "Hannah, do you think that your mum and dad and Tate's mum and dad and my mum and dad and Webb and Tate are all together someplace?" she asks earnestly.
I look at Hannah, waiting for the answer. And then she smiles. Webb once said that a Narnie smile was a revelation, and at this moment, I need a revelation. And I get one.
"I wonder," she says. (27.19-21)
Given the huge body count in this book, not to mention the questions about God and spirituality, it makes sense that the characters would speculate about where the loved ones they've lost have gone. Hannah's reaction in particular indicates that while she may not be able to say exactly where it is or what to call it, the place Jessa speaks of does exist.