Top 400 James Dashner Quotes (2025 Update)
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51. “Sometimes you don’t look very hard for things you don’t believe will or can happen.”

— James Dashner

52. “I’m so scared of going crazy. I can already feel it happening. Things look weird, sound weird. Out of the blue I’ll start thinking about stuff that doesn’t make any sense. Sometimes the air around me feels... hard. I don’t even know what that means, but it’s scary. I’m definitely starting. The Flare’s taking my brain to hell.”

— James Dashner

53. “Don’t give up, Chuck. We’re gonna solve this thing, get out of here. I’m a Runner now – I promise on my life I’ll get you back to that room of yours. Make your mom quit crying.” And Thomas meant it. He felt it burn in his heart.”

— James Dashner

54. “A veces el conocimiento da asco.”

— James Dashner

55. “Thomas turned to see Newt there, smiling. That grin sent a wave of reassurance through Thomas, as if he were finding out the world was okay again.”

— James Dashner

56. “Rose took my nose, I suppose. And it really blows... Get it? It really blows. My nose. Taken by Rose. I suppose.”

— James Dashner

57. “What did we do differently?” “I don’t know. It’s kind of hard to ask a dead guy what he did wrong.”

— James Dashner

58. “It was you and me, Tom. We did this to them. To us.”

— James Dashner

59. “I’m tougher than nails. I could still kick your pony-lovin’ butt with twice this pain.” Thomas shrugged. “I do love ponies. Wish I could eat one right now.” His stomach grumbled and gurgled.”

— James Dashner

60. “But there was something about the largest object in the solar system vanishing that tended to disrupt normal schedules.”

— James Dashner

61. “A distant, faded memory of sucking on pennies as a kid popped into his head.”

— James Dashner

62. “False hope,” she said. “Guess that’s better then no hope at all.”

— James Dashner

63. “If we’re gonna die, let’s do it freakin’ fighting!”

— James Dashner

64. “No. I kind of accepted it, in a way. That saving you was worth losing what we might’ve had.”

— James Dashner

65. “Minho looked at Thomas, a serious expression on his face, “if I don’t see you on the other side,” he said in a sappy voice, “remember that I love you.” Snickering at Thomas’s eye roll, he went through the doors and they closed.”

— James Dashner

66. “Everything is relative.” The man didn’t move a muscle as he spoke. “A knife is a godsend to the man tied in ropes, death to the man in chains.”

— James Dashner

67. “Keeps the Flare at bay because the virus thrives in your brain. Eats at it, destroys it. If there’s not a lot of activity, the virus weakens.”

— James Dashner

68. “There’s always hope. Always. You just never know what life – or death – might bring. I think we’ve all seen that the world is a little more complicated than we ever could have imagined.”

— James Dashner

69. “Are they changed because they want to go back to their old life, or is it because they’re so depressed at realizing their old life was no better than what we have now?”

— James Dashner

70. “She smiled for the first time, and he almost had to look away, as if something that nice didn’t belong in such a glum and gray place, as if he had no right to look at her expression.”

— James Dashner

71. “Hunger. It’s like an animal trapped inside you, Thomas thought.”

— James Dashner

72. “Hey, buddy, you suck at suicide negotiations.”

— James Dashner

73. “He didn’t care about the others anymore. The chaos around him seemed to siphon away his humanity, turn him into an animal. All he wanted was to survive, make it to that building, get inside. Live. Gain another day.”

— James Dashner

74. “Get your runtcheeks down those stairs, right now.”

— James Dashner

75. “She paused. That’s just my way of saying I would’ve killed you if you’d died.”

— James Dashner

76. “Good try, ya bugging shank. The Gathering elects Runners, and if you think I’m tough, they’d laugh in your face.”

— James Dashner

77. “I’ve met some brave people in my life. And I’ve met some awfully stupid people. You’re one of the rare ones that are both.”

— James Dashner

78. “Burn me – you grew some nice-sized eggs over night, now didn’t ya?”

— James Dashner

79. “She means the world to me, and nothing will ever change that.”

— James Dashner

80. “And then they were kissing. Something exploded within his chest burning away the tension and confusion and fear. Burning away the hurt of seconds earlier. For a moment it felt like nothing mattered anymore. Like nothing would matter ever again.”

— James Dashner

81. “Frozen by fear. Not able to move. Your mind screaming.”

— James Dashner

82. “We are evil. They are kids. We are evil. We should stop, let the Munies have the world. We are evil. We can’t play God. We can’t do this to kids.”

— James Dashner

83. “A knife is a godsend to the man tied in ropes, death to the man in chains.”

— James Dashner

84. “I’ve been shucked and gone to heaven.”

— James Dashner

85. “I’m crazy, boy. I’m a madman. I could eat both of you for dinner and love every bite.”

— James Dashner

86. “What’s up, Tommy?” Newt exclaimed, his face filled with genuine happiness at the pleasant surprise that’d been sprung on them. Thomas couldn’t remember exactly how long it’d been since the last time he’d seen Newt. “You look bloody fantastic for three in the morning.”

— James Dashner

87. “Your demons are always with you, Skale answered. His voice seemed even raspier than the day before. Don’t you understand that by now? Always with you, impossible to escape. But you never can guess how they might manifest themselves.”

— James Dashner

88. “Thomas felt his spirits lift, but immediately squashed them back down. Getting his hopes up was something he’d sworn never to do again. Not until all this was over.”

— James Dashner

89. “I don’t give a crap if you’re a Tangent or a really smart llama. You’re my friend and that’s all that matters.”

— James Dashner

90. “Tonight, they’d make their stand, once and for all.”

— James Dashner

91. “We’ll start firing till they drop or we drop.”

— James Dashner

92. “There are no rules. There are no guidelines.”

— James Dashner

93. “Forget all the weird stuff. Forget all the bad things. Forget it all.”

— James Dashner

94. “I swear, Chuck,” he whispered to no one. “I swear I’ll get you back home.”

— James Dashner

95. “My name is Kaine,′ it said. ‘And I see all.”

— James Dashner

96. “The anticipation of fighting was almost worse than the fear of it.”

— James Dashner

97. “Tomorrow, his training would begin. Tomorrow, he could start helping them find that missing something. Right then Thomas made a decision. Forget all the weird stuff. Forget all the bad things. Forget it all. He wouldn’t quit until he’d solved the puzzle and found a way home.”

— James Dashner

98. “It’s like we’re on the moon,” Sarah whispered. Michael squeezed her elbow. “Except that we can breathe, there are no stars, and there’s still gravity.” “Yeah, other than that, it’s like we’re on the moon.”

— James Dashner

99. “Strangely enough, he felt his fear whisked away like a swarm of gnats caught in the wind, replaced by an intense curiosity.”

— James Dashner

100. “He turned to look just in time to see the rain start falling out as if the storm had finally decided to weep with shame for what it had done to them.”

— James Dashner