" My parents would take my sister and me out for dinner now and then, and while waiting for the food to be served, would point out the oldest, most harried looking waitress in the place, saying sternly, “Be sure you get a good education, so you don’t have to do that when you’re fifty! "

― Diana Gabaldon , The Outlandish Companion: Companion to Outlander, Dragonfly in Amber, Voyager, and Drums of Autumn