Don't explain why it works; explain how you use it.

“I'm told I'm very charming when people do what I want.”

“I suggested that my patron goddess should take sensual pleasure, though I didn'…”

“A novel, in which all is created by the author's whim, must strike a more profo…”

“Well," she said, "if I were the enemy commander, and our assault had failed thr…”