Captain Hook quotes from Once Upon a Time

Hook

Maybe she was right. Maybe villains can't get their happy endings.

Maybe that's because villains always go about getting them the wrong way.

Emma

Why are you doing this?

Hook

Because– I want to hurt you– like you hurt me.

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?

Emma

[after catching Hook about to burn a dreamcatcher containing his memories of killing David's father] How could you do this?

Hook

I've been asking myself the same question, and all I can say is that I was a broken man for a very long time, and I did horrendous things.

Emma

I'm not talking about that. I'm talking about this. You were about to burn your own memories. Why would you do that?

Hook

Because I was ashamed, Emma, and scared of losing you and everything that matters to me.

Emma

And you really think that would happen after everything we've been through?

Hook

You tell me. How am I supposed to sit across from your mother and father at the table and look them in the eye after what I've done?

Emma

I'm not saying it would be easy. You know them. You know they would forgive you. That's who they are.

Hook

This isn't just about them. This is about me. I already destroyed my own family once, and that was hard enough, but knowing that I destroyed yours, too, I just ... I didn't know how I could live with that.

Emma

You come to me, Hook, and you lean on me and you trust me. We have to stop hiding things from each other. The man I fell in love with would know that. You would know that we would do things together.

Hook

Emma...

Emma

That is what I agreed to marry. That is what I thought that we were together. Until you're ready for that ... [takes off her engagement ring and hands it back to Hook] Then we can talk.