“Fix things before they get too big for fixing.”

“I told Dad about yesterday...I told him how I made all those mistakes.'But you kept on playing?' Dad said. His eyes got wide when he said it. I could tell he was proud.'Everybody does,' I said. 'You can't just get up and walk away every time you mess up. You'd never get anywhere.”

“You can't have brave without scared.”

“I have gone over to the dork side.”

“Am I a prodigy?" I ask.Miss Person snorts. She pushed the cap back on her purple pen. 'You have some talent and you work hard. I'll take that over prodigy any day.”

“Just keep playing.”

“Never trust an exclamation point.”