“One never knows when one is going to get ambushed into learning something.”

“One never goes so far as when one doesn't know where one is going.”

“You learn a lot when you know no one else is going to do things for you.”

“One day you're going to learn something that can't be explained with science. And when that happens, your life's going to change in ways you can't imagine.”

“Life is a chain of choices. Making the correct one is never easy.”“That’s for sure,” agreed Rocky.“But if we didn’t make difficult choices, right or wrong,” said Mr. Veraldi, “we wouldn’t learn anything worth knowing." Rocky Ryan and his viola teacher, Mr. Veraldi, in Bully at Ambush Corner.”

“I’ve learned to get really good at this—say one thing when I’m thinking about something else, act like I’m listening when I’m not, pretend to be calm and happy when really I’m freaking out. It’s one of the skillsyou perfect as you get older. You have to learn that people are always listening.”