James Dashner - The Maze Runner (2009)

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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.

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If you're going to decipher a hidden code from a complex set of different mazes, I'm pretty sure you need a girl's brain running the show.

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All the same, Thomas now had a plan. As bad as it was, he had a plan. They needed more clues about the code. They needed MEMORIES. So he was going to get stung by a Griever. Go through the Changing. On purpose.

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Just follow me and run like your life depends on it. Because it does.

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Yeah, right," Minho said. "And Frypan's gonna start having little babies, Winston'll get rid of his monster acne, and Thomas here'll actually smile for once." Thomas turned to Minho and exaggerated a fake smile. "There, you happy?" "Dude," he responded. "You are one ugly shank.

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Thomas had a depressing - and scary - thought. 'Am I... replacing someone? Did somebody get killed?' Minho shook his head. 'No, we're just training you - someone'll want a break. Don't worry, it's been a while since a Runner was killed.' For some reason that last statement worried Thomas, though he hoped it didn't show on his face.

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Listen,' Thomas said, slowly getting to his feet, hoping Minho wouldn't be stupid enough to try anything. There's something about us. We're not just random shanks who showed up on your doorstep. We're valuable. Alive, not dead. The anger on Jorge's face lessened ever so slightly. Maybe a spark of curiosity. But what he said was 'What's a shank?

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Bluh-huh-huh" Minho groaned, a shudder of repulsion, like he'd just stepped in a pile of klunk.

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What's going on?" Newt asked, looking back and forth between Thomas and Aris. "Why're you guys looking at each other like you just fell in love?

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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.

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Thomas hated the people who'd taken this poor, innocent kid form his family. He hated them with a passion he didn't know a human could feel. He wanted them dead, tortured, even. He wanted Chuck to be happy. But happiness had been ripped form their lives. Love had been ripped from their lives.

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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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I promised I'd save him, take him home! I promised him!"... Thomas hugged Chuck to his chest, squeezed him as tightly as possible, as if that could somehow bring him back, or show thanks for saving his life, for being his friend when no one else would. Thomas cried, wept like he'd never wept before. His great, racking sobs echoed through the chamber like the sounds of tortured pain. (pg 358 hardback)

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Thoughts of the girl crashed around his mind, made him remember the connection he felt. A sadness washed over him, as if he missed her, wanted to see her. That doesn't make sense, he thought. I don't even know her name.

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The Creators, Minho said; then he spat on the floor. I'm gonna break your faces!

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Shouldn't someone give a pep talk or something?" Minho asked, pulling Thomas's attention away from Alby. "Go ahead," Newt replied. Minho nodded and faced the crowd. "Be careful," he said dryly. "Don't die.

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Thomas jabbed a thumb over his shoulder and raised his eyebrows. "You met our new friend?" Miho responded, a smirk flashing across his face. "Real piece of work, this guy. I gotta get me one of those shuck suits. Fancy stuff." "Am I awake?" Thomas asked. "You're awake. Now eat—you look horrible. Almost as bad as Rat Man over there, reading his book.

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Hunger. It's like an animal trapped inside you, Thomas thought.

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We were lining up and counting off nice and easy till you came stumbling through like a doped-up bull,' Minho responded.

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Things are really weird around here, and most of us don't know everything. Half of everything.

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Can you do that? Thomas asked. Huh? Kill someone three times. I'd figure out a way.

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You'd think the little part about them supposedly killing us would be the attention getter.

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The girl leaned forward and kissed Thomas on the cheek. You're sweet. I really hope we don't end up killing you, at least.

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Quit voting me down before you even think about what I'm saying.

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You scared of that pip-squeak? Dude, you got a lot to learn. Freakin' Newbies.

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The betrayal meant he couldn't trust her anymore, and his heart told him he couldn't forgive her.

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You're so sweet,' Frypan said with a snort. 'Go ahead and die with Thomas. I think I'll sneak away and enjoy living with the guilt.

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

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Just go with it', he thought. 'You won't figure out anything if you give in to fear'.

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Wonder why we can do this,' he called out with his mind. The mental effort of speaking to her was already straining—he felt a headache forming like a bulge in his brain. 'Maybe we were lovers,' Teresa said. Thomas tripped and crashed to the ground. Smiling sheepishly at Minho, who'd turned to look without slowing, Thomas got back up and caught up to him. 'What?' he finally asked. He sensed a laugh from her, a watery image full of color.

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