Today, we join our friends at Decoda Literacy Solutions at Vancouver’s City Hall to raise a flag to support and celebrate the importance of Literacy.
To support the “Literacy is Life” campaign, the staff and faculty at Eton College would like to share some inspiring quotes from favourite books and poems.
 “Two roads diverged in a wood,and I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference.”– The Road Not taken by Robert Frost |
 “Do you understand the sadness of geography?”
“There are betrayals in war that are childlike compared with our human betrayals during peace. The new lovers enter the habits of the other. Things are smashed, revealed in a new light. This is done with nervous or tender sentences, although the heart is an organ of fire.” – The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje |
 “He came to this country like a torch on fire and he swallowed air as he walked forward and he gave out light”
– In the Skin of a Lion by Michael Ondaatje |
 “Not having to think about food, or shelter, or clothing is a rare thing indeed. What does a person do, when survival is not an issue?”
“Beauty comes and goes. Strength, you keep forever” – Book of Negroes by Lawrence Hill |
 “ We are Masters of our Fate, Captains of our Souls because we have the power to control our thoughts.”
– Think and Grow Rich by Napolean Hill |
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 “The cure for everything is salt water; sweat, tears or the ocean”– Isak Dinensen (aka Karen Blixen)“Oh contentment make me rich, for without thee there is no wealth” – Carved on the side of a building in Rajasthan, India |
 I never felt magic crazy as thisI never saw moons knew the meaning of the sea I never held emotion in the palm of my hand Or felt sweet breezes in the top of a tree But now you’re here Brighten my northern sky– from song Northern Sky by Nick Drake |
 “There is a role and function for beauty in our time.”
“You can’t really say what is beautiful about a place, but the image of the place will remain vividly with you.” “If you give people nothingness, they can ponder what can be achieved from that nothingness.” – Tadao Ando, Japanese architect |
 “All of our dreams can come true if we just have the courage to pursue them.”
– Walt Disney |
 “It’s fine to celebrate success but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure.”
– Bill Gates |
 “You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.” – The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran |
| “Life is like a piano; the white keys represent happiness and the black show sadness. But as you go through life’s journey, remember that the black keys also create music.” – Author unknown |
“The most beautiful sea hasn’t been crossed yet.
