"Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda" Quotes
"Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda" follows Simon Spier, a high school junior, who is forced to navigate the complexities of coming out as gay after an email falls into the wrong hands, threatening his secret romance with an anonymous classmate.
young adult | 303 pages | Published in 2015
Quotes
Sometimes it seems like everyone knows who I am except me.
Why is straight the default?
People really are like houses with vast rooms and tiny windows.
White shouldn't be the default any more than straight should be the default. There shouldn't even be a default.
It's like you have this idea of me, and I'm just this normal kid. But you still think I'm this amazing person.
It's strange to know that people have secrets that don't include you.
I prefer to think that I'm a nice, sweet, gentle person. But like a really badass superhero version of a nice, sweet, gentle person.
But I'm tired of coming out. All I ever do is come out. I try not to change, but I keep changing, in all these tiny ways.
I love that feeling of being in love, the effect of having butterflies when you wake up in the morning. That is special.
I actually think there's something kind of wonderful about making a mistake, and thinking afterward: I made that decision, and I'm owning it.
