How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #4
"What you told me," she begins, "won't lead you to your mother. It'll just make you remember something that should be forgotten and never spoken about again. You're right. It is your memory and you have more right to it than me but I'm holding this one, Taylor." (12.137)
We've seen tons of evidence that Raffaela is a great friend, but perhaps the greatest act of love she shows Taylor is by keeping the memory of her molestation to herself rather than giving it back to her friend. She instinctively knows that telling her the truth will accomplish nothing except bringing up suppressed painful emotions.
Quote #5
Some say it's impossible because you remember nothing when you're five seconds old, but I promise you this: I remember the tremble in my mother's body when the midwife first placed her in my arms. I remember the feeling of slipping between those fingers. (15.2)
As we discuss in the Abandonment section, we can't say for sure whether Taylor really remembers the moment of her birth or not. It could be that she's imagining it, creating an image of what her birth might have been like based on her mother's instability.
Quote #6
I don't answer. There's just something about this spot. I turn around and look at the other side of the road where Jude first saw Narnie, thinking she was an apparition. They're not real, I keep telling myself. Those people aren't real. (16.64)
Seeing the spot where Jude and the others planted the poppies is the first hint Taylor gets that Hannah's book might not just be mere fiction. While we can't say for sure, we suspect that her desire for the story to not be real comes from knowing on some level that the characters are part of her history.