“Because Barbossa was only dead. Jack Sparrow is taken, body and soul...” – Tia Dalma, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End ... Movie Quotes Database

A scene from Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End 2007

[after overhearing Pintel question why she didn't just bring Jack back as she did Barbossa]

Because Barbossa was only dead. Jack Sparrow is taken, body and soul, to a place not of death but punishment. De worst fate a person can bring 'pon himself... stretching on forever...dat's what awaits at Davy Jone's locker.

More from Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

Tia Dalma 'Tis me nature. Would you love me if I was anyting but what I am? Tia Dalma The Brethren Court? All of dem... the last ting they will learn in dis life is how cruel I can be. Tia Dalma Many tings you were, Davy Jones, but never cruel.