“Canada is the essence of not being. Not English, not American, it is the mathematic of not being. And a subtle flavour - we're more like celery as a flavour.”

“Things, even people have a way of leaking into each other like flavours when you cook.”

“Comedy is like a sweet. On auspicious occasions and during celebrations sweets are always offered. We offer a unique flavour.”

“We're not earthly beings any more… we're cosmic beings.”

“My life does not lack flavour nor colour. It is like a hit show. It has a very interesting cast but I still can't figure out the plot.”

“His poems, even in English, seem to me finer than anything currently being written by any English or American poet.”

“There is a subtle difference between being a prisoner and being a slave. I don't mistake either for being free.”

“It's incredible to think that such dreadful things are still happening in a country like Canada, in a country that can hardly be considered undeveloped. We're not living in caves any more.”

“Of course, fairies are all imported in North America. We have no native fairies. The Little People do not long survive importation — unless they go to California and grow large and beautiful, but haven't much flavour, like the fruit and the film stars.”

“The essence of Vedanta is that there is but one Being and that every soul is that Being in full, not a part of that Being.”