"So I guess we are who we are for alot of reasons. And maybe we will never know most of them. But even if we don't have the power to choose where we come from, we can still go from there. We can still do things. And we can try to feel okay about them."

I chose this quote because it is from one of the best, most powerful, books on my shelf at the moment; The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Steven Chbosky. While this novel could not considered "lengthy" by any stretch of the mind, it is choked full of meaningful quotes and  laced with themes of self discovery and recovery. This quote represents my beliefs because one thing I will always believe is that you can choose how to live your life, even if you can't choose what events have lead you to go down that path. No matter how bad or good things seem, you can change the outcome, even if you can't change the circumstances. If I lived every moment as my quote states, I think the my outlook would just always be very positive, and I would feel very in control of my life at any given point.