Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds.
Poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese.
Get pleasure out of life...as much as you can. Nobody ever died from pleasure.
If a dog jumps in your lap, it is because he is fond of you; but if a cat does the same thing, it is because your lap is warmer.
Van's sweater was soaked in blood.
Therefore search and see if there is not some place where you may invest your humanity.
There are admirable potentialities in every human being. Believe in your strength and your youth. Learn to repeat endlessly to yourself, 'It all depends on me.'