“The world more often rewards outward signs of merit than merit itself.”
“True evil is always petty and often incompetent.”
“It often happens that a human is more humanely related to a cat or dog than to any human being.”
“Good men are often more practical than pretty " said Mother. "Andrius just happens to be both.”
“Ghosts are common to the life of any child:mine just happened to come to dinner more often than most”