Simon Grace Quotes in The Spiderwick Chronicles (2008)

[Mallory declares that she'll ignore Jared for stealing her medal]

Mallory Grace: You know what? I'm not acknowledging your existence until you bring my medal back.

Jared Grace: Promise?

Simon Grace: Well, actually, you'd have to acknowledge his existence in order to receive the medal from him.

Mallory Grace: Thanks, Spock. You're the pride of the Federation.

[Jared fights with Mallory as he calls out for Simon's help]

Jared Grace: Simon, get her!

Simon Grace: [Simon refrains from helping] I'm a pacifist.

[first lines]

Helen Grace: [the Grace family arrive to the Spiderwick estate house] There it is. Pretty much how I remember it. I was younger than you last time I was here, Simon

Mallory Grace: Well, it's big.

Simon Grace: Yeah, so I can get bigger pets here, right Mom?

Helen Grace: Sure! Get a cow. Get a whole flock.

Simon Grace: [Simon smiles] Herd.

Helen Grace: That, too. What do you think, Jared? Jared?

Helen Grace: [as Jared listens to his headphones ignoring Helen] Okay, here we go.

[Simon enters the Spiderwick house for the first time]

Simon Grace: [Simon scoffs] It has that old people smell.

Simon Grace: [Helen looks over to Simon] It's just an observation, not a judgment.

[Simon starts to unpack his stuff as Jared tries to remind him they won't be there long]

Jared Grace: Dad's coming tomorrow, and he's gonna take us back with him.

Simon Grace: I know. But what about mom?

Jared Grace: She can have Mallory.

[Jared complains to Simon about the house]

Jared Grace: Come on, Simon, we can't stay here. Look at this place. It's the house that time forgot. And it's got that...

Simon Grace: Old people smell, I know.

[Jared and Simon look around their bedroom they'll be sleeping in]

Jared Grace: And what's this?

Jared Grace: [Jared tastes the white powder] Salt. There's salt on the window.

Simon Grace: I know. It's on all the windows.

Jared Grace: [Jared sarcastically responds] Yeah, and that's not weird.

[Jared and Simon look at the picture on the wall of the previous family]

Jared Grace: Is that the nut bag and her husband?

Simon Grace: No. That's Arthur Spiderwick, you know, our great-great-uncle. The little girl's the nut bag. I mean, Aunt Lucinda, his daughter. She's the one who lived here before they took her away to... To the...

Jared Grace: To the nut house.

Simon Grace: Right.

Jared Grace: And why'd she get taken there?

Simon Grace: Because she said her father was abducted.

Jared Grace: By?

Simon Grace: By fairies.

[the three kids find the Dumbwaiter in the wall that's full of their missing items]

Simon Grace: Hey! Those are mom's keys.

Mallory Grace: [Mallory reaches in the items] And my medal!

Jared Grace: What? You still think I took it. Yeah, Mal, you busted me. I took your medal, hid it here and re-plastered the wall!

[Jared wakes up Simon after finding the secret room]

Jared Grace: [Jared tries to catch his breath] I went up. It's a room, a secret room, upstairs. There's a desk and a chest, and I found this book! Something was in there!

Simon Grace: A red squirrel?

Jared Grace: No, not a squirrel. Unless squirrels can spell. It wrote in the dust on the desk, 'Jared Grace, leave this place.'

Simon Grace: Wow. That's really... impossible.

[Jared asks Simon for the definition to a word]

Jared Grace: What does 'appease' mean?

Simon Grace: 'Appease'. Um, you know... placate, pacify, assuage.

Jared Grace: In English.

Simon Grace: To make nice.