Top 400 James Dashner Quotes (2025 Update)
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351. “He wasn’t sure when he’d reached this turning point. But something had cracked within him.”

— James Dashner

352. “There are so many things hinted at that will be fun to reveal in depth. For years, fans have made it abundantly and enthusiastically clear that they want the same thing, so now seems like the perfect time to give readers the story of how the Maze began.”

— James Dashner

353. “Mark and the old soldier were about a mile away from the village when the stench of death hit them like a fresh wave of unbearable heat.”

— James Dashner

354. “Why would you even want those nasty things on your head?” Misty asked. “You do realize where that’s been, right? Covering up the Toad’s nether regions?”

— James Dashner

355. “So he was going to get stung by a Griever. Go through the Changing. On purpose.”

— James Dashner

356. “Dust coated the long-dark light fixtures on the ceiling, at least half of them busted, jagged glass screwed into rusty holes.”

— James Dashner

357. “They’d already learned it wasn’t smart to eat quickly after such a long period of fasting, but he didn’t care. If he threw it all up, he’d just enjoy eating all over again. Hopefully a fresh batch.”

— James Dashner

358. “Newt was sitting on the ground with Frypan and Minho, all three looking as if they were waiting for the end of the world.”

— James Dashner

359. “The dreams came. The memories. More vivid than ever before. As if the depth of his exhaustion had created the perfect canvas for them.”

— James Dashner

360. “Oh, man. I’m shucked. I’m shucked for good.”

— James Dashner

361. “I gotta use the bathroom,” he announced, standing up. A person even did stuff like that inside the Sleep, while your real body took care of business back in the Coffin. Everything was meant to feel real. Everything.”

— James Dashner

362. “I’m gonnna break your faces!”

— James Dashner

363. “She grabbed his hand and intertwined their fingers, now walking alongside him, hand in hand like old lovers.”

— James Dashner

364. “I wrote the lies of my farewell with two fingers.”

— James Dashner

365. “That’ll be hilarious if he does all this, wakes up in some dude’s body, then gets hit by a bus the next day. I’d even go to his funeral.”

— James Dashner

366. “Killing another human. It wasn’t easy to accept.”

— James Dashner

367. “I’m gonna kill you, shuck-face!”

— James Dashner

368. “The world is changing.”

— James Dashner

369. “The Box, shuck-face, the Box!”

— James Dashner

370. “I’m programmed so that only you two can see my old Aura. Everyone else sees an entirely different guy. Boom. Amazing, I know.”

— James Dashner

371. “We were unable to discover either a vaccine or a treatment for the Flare.”

— James Dashner

372. “Okay.” He hesitated. One word. So far, not so good.”

— James Dashner

373. “I do love ponies. Wish I could eat one right now.”

— James Dashner

374. “I want to be a Runner.”

— James Dashner

375. “You’re a bloody spy,” the stranger said, as calmly as if they’d just sat down for a cup of coffee together. “And to make it worse, you’re trying to steal our Berg. And strike three, you’re an ugly son of a gun, aren’t you?” “I was just going to say the same thing about you,” Mark replied. Everything had turned surreal.”

— James Dashner

376. “The Griever came to life, spikes popping out of.”

— James Dashner

377. “Thomas remembered the image of the Cranks at the windows back at the dorm. Like living nightmares, missing only a death certificate to make them official zombies.”

— James Dashner

378. “It was such an odd thing to be fighting against something so violently and yet wanting it to happen so completely.”

— James Dashner

379. “It’s what you would’ve wanted us to do.”

— James Dashner

380. “I think Judy Blume, Stephen King, and Dean Koontz are the three authors responsible for my being where I am today. I owe them a lot.”

— James Dashner

381. “The Maze is a code.”

— James Dashner

382. “We’re doing the right thing, Thomas. See you on the other side.”

— James Dashner

383. “Order,” Newt continued. “Order. You say that bloody word over and over in your shuck head. Reason we’re all sane around here is ‘cause we work our butts off and mantain order. Order’s the reason we put Ben out – can’t have loonies runnin’ around tryin’ to kill people, now can we? Order. Last thing we need is you screwin’ that up.”

— James Dashner

384. “And he still has clothes on, which means it couldn’t have burned his skin in too many places. He’ll be fine.” “Yeah, good that,” Newt replied with a sarcastic chuckle. “Remind me not to hire you as my buggin’ doctor anytime soon.”

— James Dashner

385. “And who knew what obstacle might spring up next? Or had the girls planned something else for him?”

— James Dashner

386. “Mark wants to scream, to tell her not to do it. But it’s too late. The woman pulls the trigger. The boat drives on.”

— James Dashner

387. “They’ve already got a name for it, by the way. They’re calling it the Flare.”

— James Dashner

388. “We have more than enough data to create a blueprint.”

— James Dashner

389. “When someone is close by, you just know it.”

— James Dashner

390. “All of it had seemed right. Doing these things for the greater good.”

— James Dashner

391. “I nominate this shank to replace me as Keeper of the Runners.”

— James Dashner

392. “For a long time they just sat there, holding hands, no words spoken, in their minds or aloud. He felt the slightest hint of peace, as fleeting as it was, and tried to enjoy it for however long it might last.”

— James Dashner

393. “The man had no hair. And he had no ears.”

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394. “Listen, I’m not... Oh man, this is crazy. I can’t do this.”

— James Dashner

395. “Concern seemed to bleed his heart dry as they ran along.”

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396. “Two men, three, a woman – four people total.”

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397. “Newt closed his eyes and tried not to see Tommy in the darkness of his mind.”

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398. “All we can do is find our friends and make sure we die on our own terms.” “Well said, son. Well said.”

— James Dashner

399. “Though something told him there was a better chance of Gally bringing him flowers than of passing a day in the Glade with nothing strange happening.”

— James Dashner

400. “So where is it?” Newt asked, leaning forward in his chair. “Over the Cliff,” Thomas answered. “We have to go through the Griever Hole.”

— James Dashner