Top 400 James Dashner Quotes (2025 Update)
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401. “Thomas still loved eavesdropping.”

— James Dashner

402. “I don’t think anything’s more rewarding than hearing that you’ve helped someone gain a love of reading.”

— James Dashner

403. “Saving you was worth losing what we might’ve had.”

— James Dashner

404. “What do you mean?” He suddenly found himself wishing she’d hug him again.”

— James Dashner

405. “They all seemed to be avoiding each other – and not just to be polite. They seemed to take obvious measures to stay clear of anyone else.”

— James Dashner

406. “The first purple traces of dawn were what woke up Thomas.”

— James Dashner

407. “They had to go back to Gally.”

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408. “I am a Crank, Minho! I am a Crank! Why can’t you get that through your bloody head? If you had the Flare and knew what you were about to go through, would you want your friends to stand around and watch? Huh? Would you want that?”

— James Dashner

409. “Final Candidate –.”

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410. “They almost looked like one of those old computers he’d heard about with a glassy screen called a monitor.”

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411. “It’s be tough now or everyone dies later.”

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412. “They fell from the sky in jagged streaks, like bars of.”

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413. “Thomas and Teresa.”

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414. “He had to focus on the future or he’d never reach it.”

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415. “A word with obvious menace, yet an entity they were told was good?”

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416. “Well, except Newt – he calls me Tommy.”

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417. “Dawn seemed to come late the next day, as if the sun had decided to sleep in, the sky wrapped in gray clouds, the threat of rain heavy and imminent.”

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418. “But life and death are the beginning and end of beauty. You can’t have one without the other.”

— James Dashner

419. “It scared him, too, but for some reason it was now the sole purpose of his life, the only thing that prevented his mind from slipping into that ever-expanding void of... dissonance.”

— James Dashner

420. “He tore it out and sat down to write a message. Pen was almost to paper when he stalled, as if he’d had the perfect thing to say but it floated out of his mind like vanished smoke. Sighing, he itched with irritation.”

— James Dashner

421. “He’d kill Newt. He’d shot his own friend in the head.”

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422. “He didn’t know what he needed in life, or what he was meant to accomplish. Friends were what he had, and they were all that mattered.”

— James Dashner

423. “He didn’t remember any of the stories, and the thought filled him with a heavy sadness.”

— James Dashner

424. “But you need to understand your history. What got us here, why we’re in this mess. You’ll never figure out where you’re going until you understand from where you came.”

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425. “People love, Thomas. Best of times, worst of times. People love. You should make sure she knows how you feel.”

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426. “Just don’t plan on hugs every time I see you.” “The feeling’s mutual.”

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427. “What he saw seemed natural enough, and despite his sudden indifference to the world, it gave him a small squeeze of comfort that saddened him a little. Saddened that he’d never have a chance to live a full and meaningful life under the skies above.”

— James Dashner

428. “Why isn’t anybody here?” Minho asked. He turned in a circle, searching the place. “If they’re holding people in there, why no guards?”

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429. “What’s his name?” Teresa asked. Ladena answered in a weary voice as she started walking down the corridor. “They’ve called him Thomas.”

— James Dashner

430. “Phase Two. That.”

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431. “Leavitt appeared, looming over him, a syringe in his hand. “I thought we’d come to an understanding, son. I was really hoping I wouldn’t have to do this.” He knelt down and stuck the needle in Thomas’s neck, compressed the syringe with his thumb. Before he passed out, Thomas looked at Teresa again, their eyes meeting for just a few precious seconds. The world had already started to blur when they dragged her away, but he clearly heard what she called out to him. “Someday we’ll be bigger.” –.”

— James Dashner

432. “Take that off your head!” came a whiny voice, right before a teenage boy appeared at the door with a pair of underwear pulled over his brown hair like a hat. Darnell.”

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433. “Their politeness annoyed Thomas. He remembered stories of killers being put to death in the old days. They always got a last meal, too. As fancy as they wanted it. “I want steak,” he said, stopping to look at her. “And shrimp. And lobster. And pancakes. And a candy bar.” “I’m sorry – you’ll have to settle for a couple of sandwiches.” Thomas sighed. “Figures.”

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434. “But they’d survived that, too, eventually finding their way to the settlements. Where they might’ve lived in peace if it weren’t for a committee called the PCC.”

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435. “The world, the people I work for” – he gestured to nothing in particular all around him – “it’s all turned my heart into a small lump of black coal.”

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436. “Maybe it was bad, maybe he was a jerk. But looking at her made him want Teresa back.”

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437. “We will survive. I promise.”

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438. “Being careful hasn’t gotten us squat.”

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439. “It’s gonna be a buggin’ long time before the world can ever get back to normal. Even if it can – we’ll never see it.”

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440. “She and Thomas had helped construct the Maze; at the same time she’d exerted a lot of effort to build a wall holding back her emotions.”

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