So, I guess we are who we are for alot of reasons. And maybe we'll never know most of them. But even if we don't have the power to choose where we co… - Stephen Chbosky

But even if we don't have the power to choose where we come from we can still choose where we go from there. We can still do things.

We can't choose where we come from,but we can choose where we go from there.

So I guess we are who we are for a lot of reasons. And maybe we'll never know most of them.

Despite everything my mom and doctor and dad have said to
me about blame, I can't stop thinking what I know. And I know
that my aunt Helen would still be alive today if she just bought me
one present like everybody else. She would be alive if I were born
on a day that didn't snow.

So, this is my life. And I want you to know that I am both happy and sad and I'm still trying to figure out how that could be.

Old pictures look very rugged and young, and the people in the photographs always seem a lot happier than you are.