“Old age,” she said, “is slower than a grenade, but a lot more thorough.” - Lois McMaster Bujold

“I’m planning my course work for the next session at university. I was too late to start this summer, so I’ll begin in the fall. There’s so much to choose from. I feel so ignorant.”
“Educated is what you aim to be coming out, not going in.”

“This isn’t a good war game, Dad says,” commented Miles. “Not enough random factors and uncontrolled surprises to simulate reality.”

She’d made it clear that Things Would Be Done Properly.
The problem came in defining the term Properly.