Regina Mills quotes from Once Upon a Time

I see the way you two look at one another. And I understand. For me, it's only a short time that I've been away. But for him, years have passed. His heart moved on. He's in love with you, Regina. And I think that you're in love with him.

Regina

Well, it doesn't really matter. He's a man of honor. He made a vow to you, and he's going to keep it.

I don't want him to be with me out of obligation. I want to be chosen. If his heart leads him to me, fine. But if it does what I suspect and leads to you... I will step out of the way.

Maleficent

Sorry we couldn't stay to clean up. Have fun last night?

Regina

Last night? Yes. This morning? No.

Regina

You turned me into a monster. I won't let you do the same thing to Emma.

Mr. Gold

Is that your final answer? You're choosing the Savior over your beloved Robin Hood?

Regina

You're acting like a petulant child. Your parents did a bad thing. They apologized. Now get over it.

Emma

Forgive me if I don't take advice from the woman who held a grudge for half her life because a ten-year-old spilled a secret.

Henry

I'm trying to help you.

Regina

Help me what?

Henry

Find your happy ending. In my world, we called it "Operation Mongoose".

Emma

[after Regina blames her for sending the Fury to attack Robin] I did not summon that monster. The price is not mine to pay.

Regina

Then whose is it?

Emma

Yours. You are the one who did not pay the price of magic in Camelot. You want to save Robin Hood? You want everyone to believe you're the Savior? Then step up and do what needs to be done!

Zelena

This child could be my only chance for someone to truly love me, and... You got a second chance. Why can't I?

Regina

I'm sorry. But you've had a second chance. And a second second chance.

Regina

You really think giving the dagger to Arthur is the best way to help Emma?

Mary Margaret

We trust him.

David

Implicitly.

Regina

Did you learn those big words at shepherd school?

Regina

I understand you think Emma betrayed you, but do you really think dragging her family to the Underworld's the answer?

Hook

This from the woman who enacted the Dark Curse to punish Snow White for telling a secret. You of all people should know how far someone will go for revenge. And unfortunately for you, so do all the people you've killed who are waiting for you in hell.

Regina

It's time to drop the act. You can't just sit back and watch another family be destroyed to get your revenge.

Hook

What makes you think I can't?

Regina

Because of what we swore to never speak of again. I know the real reason you don't want to talk about what you did to your father.

Hook

I believe we've already had this conversation...

Regina

But this time you're going to listen. Because, if you don't, you're gonna regret it for the rest of your life. Which, in your case, means forever. So you have to ask yourself the same question you did that night. What kind of man do you want to be?

Henry

What about Operation Firebird? We can't leave the Underworld without helping the people trapped here.

Regina

They were trapped here because of Hades, who, fortunately for them, will no longer be a resident.

Mary Margaret

Isn't that...

Regina

Page 23. The page that magically appeared to me with what I thought could be an ending to my story with Robin. A happy ending. Instead, it was just a cruel twist of fate, showing me an ending that could never be.

Regina

All those years... A blink of an eye for us and you... you lived a lifetime with Belle? It's difficult to comprehend.

Mr. Gold

You know, we had a good life. And it made me a new man. That's why I'm here in this realm. Finally ready to pass on the power of the Dark One. The right way.

Regina

I can't just– can't just cast a curse. It takes time and– ingredients–

Eight, to be exact. And I have seven of them right here. The only one I'm missing – the most important one, and, of course, the hardest to find – is magic from a witch who crushed the heart of the thing she loves most. So– Regina, what'll it be? My curse or his life?