Top 100 Dashner Quotes
#1. James Dashner is the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling Maze Runner series as well as the Mortality Doctrine series, the 13th Reality series, and two books in the Infinity Ring series:
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#3. She turned and walked away, and Thomas sat there, hoping his face hadn't flushed bright red when he remembered her being close to him in the Underneath.
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#4. The chaos around him seemed to siphon away his humanity, turn him into an animal.
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#6. Fine," he said after a long stare down with his leader. "But if they do jump you and slit your throat, we'll get along just fine without ya." "Thanks for the kind words, hermano.
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#7. He felt another tremor of emotion as he saw the faces of Chuck and Newt and Teresa in his mind's eye. A
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#8. Teresa didn't stop. "Keep talking like that and you'll be next." Newt turned back to face them, but his face showed anything but fear.
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#9. I've got a lot of books in my head, so hopefully we can be friends for a long time. With all my heart, mind, body, and soul ... thank you!
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#10. Thomas knew what he thought. Those images would never leave - the Gladers would be haunted by the horrible things that had happened in the Maze for the rest of their lives. He figured that most if not all of them would have major psychological problems. Maybe even go completely nutso.
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#11. He whipped out his sheet, then pulled it over himself and wrapped it tightly around his face like an old woman in a shawl.
'How do I look?'
'Like the ugliest shanky girl I've ever seen,' Minho responded. 'You better thank the gods above you were born a dude.'
'Thanks.
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#12. Thomas knew he had to be careful. It was strange that she only agreed with him about WICKED now that she'd gotten her memories back.
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#13. 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.
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#15. False hope," she said. "Guess that's better then no hope at all.
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#17. Not quite understanding how, he knew what he needed to do. He didn't get it. The feeling - the epiphany - was a strange one, foreign and familiar at the same time. But it felt ... right.
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#18. Late nights, bloodshot eyes at school, walking around like a Flare-infested Crank,
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#19. Rose took my nose, I suppose. And it really blows ... Get it? It really blows. My nose. Taken by Rose. I suppose.
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#23. If we fix the Breaks, you won't have to deal with that anymore. Saving the world sounds great, but it's not a bad deal that we get to save ourselves in the bargain.
- Riq
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#24. When it comes to individual destiny, there is no power greater in the universe then the conviction of the human soul to make a choice.
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#25. He wasn't dead. Unless the afterlife was just a crappy room of blackness.
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#26. You're all still here because of an uncanny will to survive despite the odds, among ... other reasons.
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#28. Quit voting me down before you even think about what I'm saying.
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#29. Stay together. Don't die."
"Well, we're all bloody inspired.
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#30. 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.
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#31. His whole body itching with the desire to ask questions. I need some tape to put over my mouth, he thought.
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#32. Thomas didn't have to think. He reached out and took the cup, poured the liquid in his mouth, swallowed all of it at once. It burned like fire, searing his throat and chest as it went down; he broke into a lurching, wracking cough.
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#33. Why are we up here?" Mark asked. Alec pointed a finger at him. "Because it's what you do when someone comes to your house and attacks your people. You fight back. I'm not going to let these bloodsuckers get away with that crap.
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#35. But Thomas knew they were not, of course, ghosts. They were the people who'd sent them all to the Glade. The people who'd taken their lives away from them. The Creators.
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#37. Forgetting about you was the worst part." At first, Thomas thought it was another message in his head; he squeezed his fists against his ears.
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#38. Minho snickered and leaned back in his chair. Man, you are one butt-load of sunshine, let me tell you.
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#39. Tonight, they'd make their stand, once and for all.
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#40. We hid the Maps, Thomas." At first it didn't compute. "Huh?
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#41. WORLD IN CATASTROPHE: KILLZONE EXPERIMENT DEPARTMENT
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#42. Are ... you okay?" Mark asked, hoping his friend was just tired. "I'm not," the Toad answered, his face quivering as if he were about to cry. "I'm not, Mark. I'm not okay at all. There are things living inside my skull.
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#43. 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.
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#44. Hunger.
It's like an animal trapped inside you, Thomas thought. After three full days of not eating, it felt like a vicious, gnawing, dull-clawed animal was trying to burrow its way out of his stomach. He felt every second of every minute of every hour.
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#45. Just follow me and run like your life depends on it. Because it does.
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#46. I promised him!" he screamed, realizing even as he did so that his voice was laced with something wrong. Almost insanity. "I promised I'd save him, take him home! I promised him!
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#47. No. Just thinking about how much my life sucks." "Mine does, too. Sucks big-time. But I'm glad I'm with you.
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#48. No. I kind of accepted it, in a way. That saving you was worth losing what we might've had.
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#49. He had to focus on the future or he'd never reach it.
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#50. And then Thomas was being dragged to his feet, yanked away from her. He didn't have the energy or will to fight it. She was gone.
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#52. Thomas shivered. He would know that voice anywhere. It was Janson.
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#53. I ought to come up there and break your shuck nose.
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#54. Well, this is hard because I don't know what you know.
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#55. The choice is yours. Certain death, or death uncertain. Choose.
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#56. We were way more than close. Things happened. We remembered stuff. Made new memories.
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#57. What are those? he whispered as loudly as he dared,
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#58. I know you," Gally added without looking back. "I saw you in the Changing, and I'm gonna figure out who you are.
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#59. 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.
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#60. And hating himself for caring after everything she'd done to him.
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#61. The boat is very close now, its noises filling the air along with the smell of fuel. Mark can see the faint shadow of two people behind the darkened window
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#62. That's better," Mino said with a satisfied nod. "Anybody else wanna pee their pants and cry for their mommy?
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#63. If she tried to speak, it would all come out: Her pain, her fear. Her anger. Her tears. And then her efforts to be strong for the boy would have been for naught. So she kept it in, a dam against a raging river.
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#64. You are the shuckiest shuck faced shuck in the world!
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#65. Together, Thomas and Teresa watched, and imagined what it must be like.
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#66. In my early writing, all of my characters were exactly the same person. They all spoke the same, made the same types of jokes, reacted the same, etc. I think they were all just me in disguise.
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#68. What do you mean exactly? Sounds like you figured something out.
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#70. A few minutes passed, and Thomas felt the long day finally catch up to him, the leaded edge of sleep
crossing over his mind. But - like a fist had shoved it in his brain and let go - a thought popped into his
head. One that he didn't expect, and he wasn't sure from where it came.
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#71. But first, my friends, I need you to do something for me. We have two spies in the back of the auditorium.
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#72. 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.
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#73. It saddens me how little you grasp," the woman responded. "Truly.
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#74. There's more of them up there!" Thomas screamed in his ear from behind. "You have to stop! They'll kill you! They'll kill all of us!
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#75. Wouldn't allow himself to give in to Minho's hopelessness - he didn't want to give up
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#76. I hated the place, Tommy. I hated every second of every day. And it was all ... your ... fault!
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#77. Mark nodded even though she couldn't see. He'd suddenly lost any desire to talk, and his plans for a perfect day washed away with the stream. The memories. They never let him go, not even for a half hour. They always had to rush back in, bringing all the horror.
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#80. Frozen by fear. Not able to move. Your mind screaming
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#81. Whoa," Thomas said, feeling bolder by the minute. "Slim it nice and calm there, old fella. You look three steps away from a heart attack.
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#82. To fully appreciate the Sleep, you had to embrace the Wake and all its drudgery.
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#83. A distant, faded memory of sucking on pennies as a kid popped into his head.
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#84. 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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#85. She's immune to the Flare. Use her. Do it before the crazy people find you.
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#86. He's not learning. He's not experiencing. He's remembering.
He walks to the next screen, hungry to be himself again.
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#87. Losing parts of your memory didn't make you an idiot.
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#88. Michael literally couldn't remember the last time he had seen his parents.
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#89. That's the lamest shuck-faced thing you've ever barked," Minho said. "You're the leader, and you know it. We all know it." Newt
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#90. Anybody else wanna pee their pants and cry for mommy?
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#91. He flat out needed Chuck, like a kid with a security blanket.
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#92. You don't look very hard for things you don't believe will or can happen.
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#93. Nothing like a good friend to toss you down a flight of stairs.
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#94. Everything crushed in on me at once. Sure made me feel better- don't feel bad about crying. Ever.
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#95. You're Subject A-two," Newt answered. Then he lowered his eyes
"And?" Thomas pushed.
Newt hesitated, then answered without looking at him. "It doesn't call you anything. It just says ... 'To be killed by Group B.
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#97. He might die."
"Or worse. He might live."
He hears one last thing, finally something that doesn't make him shiver in disgust or fright.
"Or he and the others might save us. Save us all.
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#98. It's for the best. Thanks for being my friends.
Goodbye.
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#100. Just don't plan on hugs every time I see you."
"The feeling's mutual.
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