Mae Fishburn

“Skulduggery’s façade smiled. “A warning,” he said. “If you are inside these doors once they close, I will reduce you to tears. My insults will shake the very foundation of who you think you are. They will strip you down and lay you bare. They will shatter your self-image. You won’t be the same man leaving this elevator as you were entering. You will be free of all self-delusion. Your shortcomings will be exposed for the world to see and I will do all of this with an alacrity you will find most alarming.”
― Derek Landy, A Mind Full of Murder