"And off they went, those six words burning holes in his mind." -pg 214

But tonight, the Gladers ate like dead men resurrected for one last meal before being sent to live with the devils”

“The more he thought about it, being a Runner didn’t sound like such a great idea.But, inexplicably, it still called to him.”

“Zart was the tall, black-haired kid who’d stood at the front of the pole during Ben's banishment, and who for some odd reason smelled like sour milk."

"Harsh sounds of chains and pulleys, like the workings of an ancient steel factory"

“Ben’s in there, sicker than a dog. They got him.”

"Oh, and ugly as fried liver on a stick.” He snorted a laugh."

"He barely heard himself say it—his thoughts had spun in a new direction."

"He scanned the compound of the Glade, this new place of nightmares where he seemed destined to live."

“Ah, man,” Thomas mumbled through a mouthful. “I was starving.”

"Thomas was drowning in a sea of confusion."