fine day to work off some excess energy; steal something heavy

Everyone is necessarily the hero of his own life story.
-Jon Barth

I know that … the charm of fables awakens the mind; that the memorable deeds recounted in histories uplifted, and, if read with discretion, aid informing one's judgment; that the reading of all good books is like a conversation with the most honorable people of past ages, who were their authors, indeed, even like a set conversation in which they reveal to us only the best of their thoughts.
-Renee Descartes