I cannot lead you into battle. I do not give you laws or administer justice but I can do something else - I can give my heart and my devotion to these old islands and to all the peoples of our brotherhood of nations.

[On the 1982 intruder into her bedroom:] I realized immediately that it wasn't a servant because they don't slam doors.

Let us not take ourselves too seriously. None of us has a monopoly on wisdom.

It is as queen of Canada that I am here. Queen of Canada and all Canadians, not just one or two ancestral strains.

It has turned out to be an annus horribilis.

I myself prefer my New Zealand eggs for breakfast.

Good memories are our second chance at happiness.