best laid plans often go awry theme
The proverbial expression used to signify the futility of making detailed plans when the ability to fully or even partially execute them is uncertain is featured.
2 total · 1 choice · 1 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| ds96x09 | choice | Julian and the genetically engineered people learned that even the best laid projections can be wrong because of unaccounted for contingencies |
| tz1959e1x08 | minor | The narrator used this phrase in the end to sum up how Henry's meticulously laid out plan to read virtually all the books in the library went up in smoke when he broke his reading glasses. |