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Alice Spier
Nora is Simon's younger sister and a freshman in high school. Simon describes her as quiet and studious; she often stays in to read or do homework rather than go out with friends. After Alice goes away to college, Simon starts to notice that Nora is extremely observant and begins to gain confidence. Though Simon refuses to talk about personal things with her for much of the novel, Nora also takes it upon herself to tell him about Martin's creeksecrets post outing Simon to the entire school. Thus, she's the first person in Simon's family that he comes out to. Simon is perplexed when Nora begins spending time out of the house after school, but discovers at the school talent show that Nora is part of a band called Emoji. Nick has been helping her learn to play guitar for months, and she seems surprisingly happy and comfortable onstage given her quiet and shy demeanor.
Nora Spier Quotes in Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda
The Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda quotes below are all either spoken by Nora Spier or refer to Nora Spier. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 3
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Leah once said that she'd rather have people call her fat directly than have to sit there and listen to them talking shit about some other girl's weight. I actually think I agree with that. Nothing is worse than the secret humiliation of being insulted by proxy.
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Chapter 19
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It's Christmas Eve day, and something feels a little bit off.
Not bad, just off. I don't know how to explain it. We're hitting everyone of the Spier traditions.
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In this moment, all I want is for things to feel like Christmas again. I want it to feel how it used to feel.
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Chapter 28
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“But they're supposed to be Alice and Nora. They're not supposed to be different,” I explain.
“They're not allowed to change?” Abby laughs. “But you're changing. You're different than you were five months ago.”
“I'm not different!"
“Simon, I just watched you pick up a random guy in a gay bar. You're wearing eyeliner. And you're completely wasted.”
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Nora Spier Quotes in Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda
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Chapter 3
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Leah once said that she'd rather have people call her fat directly than have to sit there and listen to them talking shit about some other girl's weight. I actually think I agree with that. Nothing is worse than the secret humiliation of being insulted by proxy.
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Chapter 19
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It's Christmas Eve day, and something feels a little bit off.
Not bad, just off. I don't know how to explain it. We're hitting everyone of the Spier traditions.
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In this moment, all I want is for things to feel like Christmas again. I want it to feel how it used to feel.
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Chapter 28
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“But they're supposed to be Alice and Nora. They're not supposed to be different,” I explain.
“They're not allowed to change?” Abby laughs. “But you're changing. You're different than you were five months ago.”
“I'm not different!"
“Simon, I just watched you pick up a random guy in a gay bar. You're wearing eyeliner. And you're completely wasted.”
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