“Humans see what they want to see.”

“people saw what they wanted to see. They didn't need the Mist to warp their perceptions.”

“Menshikov wants to see the old gold swallowed by Apophis. He wants to see the world plunged into darkness and chaos. He is quite insane."Oh."[great response, I know. But what do you say to a story like that?]”

“But Annabeth knew that people saw what they wanted to see. They didn’t need the Mist to warp their perceptions.”

“You see gods have great power, but only humans have creativity, the power to change history rather than simply read it.”

“so mortals tend to see only what they can understand.”

“See, lady, that's what happens to snow in Texas. It- freaking- melts.”