Peet Mellark – Character Quotes

14 quotes

— How are you finding The Capitol? And don't say, «With a map».
— It's different. It's very different than back home.
— Different. In what way? Give us an example.
— Okay. Well, the showers here are weird.
— The showers?
— Yes. We have different showers.
— I have a question for you, Caesar. Do I smell like roses to you? Take a whiff?
— All right. You see?
— Yes. Do I smell like it?
— You definitely smell better than I do.
— Well, I've lived here longer.

- How are you finding The Capitol? And don't say, «With a map».
- It's different. It's very different than back home.
- Different. In what way? Give us an example.
- Okay. Well, the showers here are weird.
- The showers?
- Yes. We have different showers.
- I have a question for you, Caesar. Do I smell like roses to you? Take a whiff?
- All right. You see?
- Yes. Do I smell like it?
- You definitely smell better than I do.
- Well, I've lived here longer.
- How are you finding The Capitol? And don't say, «With a map».
- It's different. It's very different than back home.
- Different. In what way? Give us an example.
- Okay. Well, the showers here are weird.
- The showers?
- Yes. We have different showers.
- I have a question for you, Caesar. Do I smell like roses to you? Take a whiff?
- All right. You see?
- Yes. Do I smell like it?
- You definitely smell better than I do.
- Well, I've lived here longer.

— I've never been very good at friends.
— For starters, it does help when you know the person. I hardly know anything about you except that you're stubborn and good with a bow.
— That about sums me up.
— No, there's more than that, you just don't want to tell me.
— It's like I said, I'm...
— See, Katniss, the way the whole friend thing works is you have to tell each other the deep stuff.
— The deep stuff?
— Yeah.
— Uh-oh. Like what?
— Like, uh... What's your favorite color?
— Well, now you've stepped over the line.

- I've never been very good at friends.
- For starters, it does help when you know the person. I hardly know anything about you except that you're stubborn and good with a bow.
- That about sums me up.
- No, there's more than that, you just don't want to tell me.
- It's like I said, I'm...
- See, Katniss, the way the whole friend thing works is you have to tell each other the deep stuff.
- The deep stuff?
- Yeah.
- Uh-oh. Like what?
- Like, uh... What's your favorite color?
- Well, now you've stepped over the line.
- I've never been very good at friends.
- For starters, it does help when you know the person. I hardly know anything about you except that you're stubborn and good with a bow.
- That about sums me up.
- No, there's more than that, you just don't want to tell me.
- It's like I said, I'm...
- See, Katniss, the way the whole friend thing works is you have to tell each other the deep stuff.
- The deep stuff?
- Yeah.
- Uh-oh. Like what?
- Like, uh... What's your favorite color?
- Well, now you've stepped over the line.