Top 450 James Dashner Quotes (2026 Update)
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401. “So where is it?” Newt asked, leaning forward in his chair. “Over the Cliff,” Thomas answered. “We have to go through the Griever Hole.”

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

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

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

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

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

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407. “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.”

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

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409. “They had to go back to Gally.”

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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. “Final Candidate –.”

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

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

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414. “Thomas and Teresa.”

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

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

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

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418. “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.”

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419. “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.”

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

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

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423. “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.”

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424. “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.”

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

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

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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. “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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430. “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.” –.”

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

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433. “Phase Two. That.”

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434. “We will survive. I promise.”

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

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436. “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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437. “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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438. “Being careful hasn’t gotten us squat.”

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439. “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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440. “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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441. “Alec lifted the Berg off the ground, blue thrusters roaring. Mark was barely holding on to his mind, but he felt a sudden, unbearable sadness. He’d never see the old bear again.”

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442. “He found himself thinking of Newt, maybe the one he liked most of all of them, not immune.”

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443. “Anybody else have weird dreams last night?” Sarah asked. “There was a guy in a bunny suit in mine. Don’t ask for more details.”

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444. “He reached down and tugged on her braid, hoping she knew just how much she made his miserable life worth living.”

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445. “We can’t lose our humanity, no matter the end result.”

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446. “I need something to live for. I need a purpose. I need to accomplish something good before I lose my mind.”

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447. “He liked to think he was brave, but he felt the fear of so much unpredictability, swirling all around him like the waters of a raging ocean, sharp rocks hidden beneath the dark, white-capped surface.”

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448. “Oh, if Plato could see me now ! Aristotle, traveler of time!”

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449. “It’s not about how many you can recruit to your cause, but who you can recruit.”

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450. “Thomas didn’t have time to shout a warning before the massive piece of rock landed on a group of people, crushing them as it broke in half. He stood for a moment, speechless as blood oozed out from the edges and pooled on the stone floor.”

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