Let me help. Rhymes with I love you, right? - Lois McMaster Bujold

She considered the familiar conundrum inherent in complimenting a child for doing something well in the course of what ought not to have been done at all, and kept her peace.

The laws of physics took precedence over heroic intent for the next couple of seconds.

"No, no, never send interim reports," said Miles. "Only final ones. Interim reports tend to elicit orders. Which you must then either obey, or spend valuable time and energy evading, which you could be using to solve the problem."