“I hope I remember everything," said Toni.
"You won't," said Trapp. "That's how you learn. But after you make the same mistake one, or two, or five times, you'll eventually get it. And then you'll make new mistakes.”

—  Louis Sachar

Source: The Cardturner: A Novel about a King, a Queen, and a Joker

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American writer of children's books 1954

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