„I hate her,” I said, and waited for the blow to fall. But Doctor Nolan only smiled at me as if something had pleased her very, very much and said, “I suppose you do.“

— Sylvia Plath

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„Damn it," I said. "I don't suppose you have any ideas on how to kill Littleton."He smiled at me, his teeth very white in the darkness of his face. "Eat him," he said.“
— Patricia Briggs
„I pointed to the wound. "It's missing," I said.My grandmother smiled, and that was all it took for me to stop seeing the scar, and to recognize her again. "Yes," she said. "But see how much of me is left?“
— Jodi Picoult
„What is all this? Damn me if I don't have you thrown out of here!' The beast just smiled and said: 'Damn you, I think you said? Very well!“
— Mikhail Bulgakov
„He was looking at her from behind the smiling that wasn't smiling but was something you were not supposed to see beyond.“
— William Faulkner
„"In twenty years," I said, smiling at her tears, "a man grows humble, Mary. I have stored within me a great fund of affection, with nobody to give it to, and I swear to you, on the word of a soldier, that if there is one of those ladies who can be got to care for me I shall be very proud." Despite her semblance of delight I knew that she was wondering at me, and I wondered at myself, but it was true.“
— J. M. Barrie
„Thalia's shoulders relaxed. "I owe you one.""Two.""One and a half," Thalia said.She smiled, and for a second, I remembered that I actually liked her when she wasn't yelling at me.“
— Rick Riordan
„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!“
— Rick Riordan