This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at Western chapter.

KELLIE ANDERSON (Campus Coorespondent)

western-ontario@hercampus.com

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“I had two options. I could either become a writer, or die really young” – Octavia E. Butler

SERENA MAROTTA

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“We tell ourselves stories in order to live” Joan Didion

ALANNAH DHARAMAHI

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SAMANTHA BERDINI

SARAH MAGYAR

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HANNAH LEE

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“It’s not quite love and it’s not quite community ; it’s just this feeling that there are people, and abundance of people who are in this together. Who are on your team. When the check is paid and you stay at the table. When it’s four am and no one goes to bed. That night with the guitar. That night we can’t remember. That time we did, we went, we saw, we laughed, we felt. “– Marina Keegan

ASHTON LYN

“The girl who reads has spun out the account of her life and it is bursting with meaning. She insists that her narratives are rich, her supporting cast colorful, and her typeface bold”. – Charles Warnke

STEPH KESLER

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“Words are, in my not-so-humble opinion, our most inexhaustible source of magic. Capable of both inflicting injury, and remedying it.” – Albus Dumbledore

ARIEL VAISBORT

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“Guess why I smile a lot? Because it’s worth it.” – Marcel the Shell

LIVIE LIN

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KENYON BORN

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MINA GERGES

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ELISA YOO

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“There are still faint glimmers of civilization left in this barbaric slaughterhouse that was once known as humanity.” – M. Gustave, The Grand Budapest Hotel

AMANDA HENDERSON JONES

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MEGAN MORRIS

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ESTEE GOLDBERG

ELLA PURTILL

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SYDNEY TYRRELL

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ALEXIE EVANS

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“Life doesn’t have to be perfect to be wonderful” – Annette funicello