Geta Rasciuc

“Humor is almost always anger with its make-up on.”
― Stephen King, Bag of Bones

“Dan was doing his best Ian Kabra impersonation, looking around the store as though inspecting it for cockroaches. Amy tried to turn her snort of laughter into a cough.
"Espresso?" The saleswoman materialized seemingly out of nowhere. Amy realized that the full-length mirror on the wall was actually a door.
If she were Amy Cahill, she would blush and shake her head no, just because she didn't want to cause any bother. She imagined what Natalie Kabra would do.
"Tea. Darjeeling," she said in a curt tone.
"Oh, not Darjeeling, sis," Dan said. "That's just so middle class."
"Lapsang souchong?" the saleswoman asked.
"I just adored his last collection," Dan said.
The woman's tight smile dimmed. "That's a tea.”
― Jude Watson, A King's Ransom

“I had to smile. “How can you not approve of gods when you are one?” He sniffed. “I never asked to be worshipped. Feared, yes.” “That’s how most religions start. Eddie, the Street is in danger, and so am I.”
― Simon R. Green, Tales from the Nightside