“I make a gesture that is intended to convey, "Hey, no hurry, talk as long as you'd like," and probably actually conveys, "Hey, look at me! I have spastic hands.”
“I gave her a smile that I hoped conveyed something like: Hey, you know I’m on your side. Gods are such jerks! But what can you do?Probably my expression actually conveyed: It’s not my fault! Please do not kill me!”
“Oh, do not scowl at me, reader, I do not intend to convey the impression that I did not manage to be happy.”
“Talking is not easy. Talking intends to convey what you mean. Lying is easy, not talking. When one lies, one doesnot care, and that’s the easy part.”
“Hey, ugly!" Annabeth yelled. I hoped she was talking to the giant, not me.”
“We probably looked like starving orphan children. Hey! We were starving orphan children.”