The Human Division (Old Man's War, #5)

by John Scalzi

“I always think it’s funny when people get told what they are by other people,” Wilson said. “As if they didn’t already know.”

This was a person who operated best and most efficiently when she was truly and genuinely pissed off; wishing for her to mellow out was like wishing an alpha predator would switch to grains. It was missing the point.