“It happens; incompetence is rewarded more often than not.”
“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”